Ocean Life
WHOI’s First Ocean Twilight Zone Expedition
The Ocean Twilight Zone abounds with life but has remained largely unexplored. A team of researchers led by WHOI acoustic…
Read MoreAlvin Makes an Exciting Coral Discovery
On August 23, a team made up of Erik Cordes from Temple University, Cathy McFadden from Harvey Mudd College, and…
Read MoreWelcome, Alucia
The research vessel Alucia arrived in Woods Hole, Mass., for the first time on Saturday, August 25. The ship was…
Read MoreThe Recipe for a Harmful Algal Bloom
Harmful algal blooms can produce toxins that accumulate in shellfish and cause health problems and economic losses. They have increased in strength and frequency worldwide. Can we get advance warnings of when and where they will occur?
Read MorePhysics and Math for the Real World
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution acoustic oceanographer Andone Lavery talks about what drew her to marine science.
Read MoreOcean Twilight Zone Engineer Kaitlyn Tradd
Mechanical Engineer Kaitlyn Tradd describes how a day in a WHOI exhibit center changed her life, as she prepares to…
Read MoreLife at the Edge
What makes the shelf break front such a productive and diverse part of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean? A group of scientists on the research vessel Neil Armstrong spent two weeks at sea in 2018 as part of a three-year, NSF-funded project to find out.
Read MoreSharks Take ‘Tunnels’ into the Depths
By tagging sharks, WHOI scientists have revealed their surprising behavior.
Read MoreDISCO in the Garden
During a joint U.S.-Cuban expedition to Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen) in November 2017, WHOI biogeochemist Colleen…
Read MoreForecasting Where Ocean Life Thrives
The ocean, like the atmosphere, has “fronts,” and it’s hardly quiet on them. In fact, that is where the plankton that provide the foundation of the ocean food web are most prolific.
Read MoreA Royal Gift
WHOI engineer D.C. Collasius scans a model of the hull of WHOI’s former research vessel Chain in WHOI’s rapid prototyping…
Read MoreCore Curriculum
WHOI researcher Ellen Roosen (center) gives science teachers a tour of the WHOI Seafloor Samples Laboratory. She explained how WHOI…
Read MoreHearing Tests on Wild Whales
Scientists published the first hearing tests on a wild population of healthy marine mammals. The tests on beluga whales in Bristol Bay, AK, revealed that the whales have sensitive auditory systems and showed less age-related hearing loss than is expected.
Read MoreSchool’s Out
Thriving schools of white grunts and schoolmaster snapper swim amid the lush corals of the Jardines de la Reina (Gardens…
Read MoreThe Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents
In 1977, WHOI scientists made a discovery that revolutionized our understanding of how and where life could exist on Earth and other planetary bodies.
Read MoreREMUS 6000 Test
WHOI engineers Amy Kukulya and Mark Dennett tested a REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from the WHOI dock in…
Read MoreFish Chatter
To our ears coral reefs may seem relatively quiet, but fish there make a variety of sounds that are often…
Read MoreMulti-Pronged Coral Reef Research
WHOI scientist Amy Apprill led an first-of-its kind joint expedition with Cuban and American scientists in November 2017 to study the Gardens of the Queens in…
Read MoreAn Unexpected Collaborator
American and Cuban scientists teamed up for an unprecedented joint expedition in November 2017 to explore one of the Caribbean’s most…
Read MoreTaking a Global Approach
A school of blue-green chromis swim in colony of coral in the Farasan Banks off Saudi Arabia. An international team…
Read MoreA New View
This image is of a photogrammetric model of the Rouse Simmons, a schooner that sank on Lake Michigan in 1912…
Read MoreSampling Coral Health
WHOI scientist Amy Apprill collects a small sample of an elkhorn coral in November 2017 during an unprecedented joint expedition with Cuban and American scientists…
Read MoreThe Future of Lobstering May Mean Fishing by Computer
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The Bacteria on Your Beaches
The widespread use of antibiotics is increasing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria—perhaps into the ocean, too.
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