Ocean Life
Study offers hope of solution to dolphin strandings
quotes Laela Sayigh and Michael Moore
Can these drones save elephants from extinction?
mentions and links to whale breath research news release, featuring the work of Amy Apprill and Michael Moore.
Life Without Guts
Piece and accompanying video highlights the Alvin sub and the discovery of hydrothermal vent life
Happy Hallow-Marine
A pair of anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) take shelter in a pumpkin-shaped sea anemone on a coral reef in the Red…
Read MoreCoral Investigators
Researchers Paul Henderson (left) and Luis Vasquez-Bedoya collect coral samples from a large reef in the waters off Mexico’s Yucatan…
Read MoreGone in 20 years? Scientists raise alarm over northern Right whales
quotes Mark Baumgartner and mentions WHOI
Right whales could be 20 years away from certain extinction, scientists say
quotes Mark Baumgartner
Scientists to discuss decline in right whale population
quotes Mark Baumgartner and mentions WHOI
Report: Whale’s breath could hold clues to their health
quotes Amy Apprill
Sound and Color
features Mark Baumgartner and Daniel Zitterbart
Drones let scientists get inside humpback whale blowholes
mentions WHOI
We Learned A Lot from Whale Snot
quotes Amy Apprill
Study Identifies Whale Blow Microbiome
A new study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues identified for the first time an extensive conserved group of bacteria within healthy humpback whales’ blow’the moist breath that whales spray out of their blowholes when they exhale.
Read MoreStudy: Great white sharks are swimming farther and deeper
mentions WHOI
picked up by other major news outlets: The Washington Post, ABC News, CBS Boston
Conservationists plan to sue over right whale deaths
quotes Mark Baumgartner
Homing in on Home
Justin Suca dives to the seafloor to install an audio recorder off the coast of the island of St. John in…
Read MoreNew York noise, a top gripe for man, now a risk for endangered whales
features Mark Baumgartner
also picked up by news oulet: Business Insider
Coral Chemistry
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Chawalit “Net” Charoenpong teaches WHOI Summer Student Fellow Brooke Rasina to measure the amount of nitrogen…
Read MoreHurricane Irma’s Wake: Caribbean’s Scars Will Likely Last Years
quotes Konrad Hughen and mentions WHOI
Many Languages, One Ocean
Corals, coral health, and the threats facing reefs worldwide will be just a few of the items on the agenda…
Read MoreHow Do Fish Find Their Way?
An MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student is exploring how tiny larvae hatched in the open ocean find their way to coral reefs where they settle down and live.
Read MoreEndangered right whales are dying in record numbers off Canada, raising alarm
quotes Mark Baumgartner
Episode #1: Whales of New York
interview with Mark Baumgartner
New York Today: Whales in Our Waters
features Mark Baumgartner