Sharks & Other Fish
At 400-years old, could this shark be the oldest vertebrate on the planet?
quotes Simon Thorrold
Yes, Some Greenland Sharks Are Old, but 400 Years Old?!
quotes Simon Thorrold
No Stone Unturned
No Stone Unturned
WHOI iologist Joel Llopiz is taking advantage of information stored in the tiny “ear stones” of larval and juvenile river herring to learn more about why the once-ubiquitous species is having difficulty re-populating lakes and streams in New England.
Read MoreSharkCam Lost and Found
At the end of their December 2015 expedition to the shark-filled waters off Guadalupe Island, the SharkCam team lost contact…
Read MoreReturn of SharkCam: Into the Dark
SharkCam returned to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, to follow great white sharks deeper and into the night to give researchers never-before-seen…
Read MoreInside SharkCam
Learn how REMUS SharkCam is able to take you into the world of the great white shark to give you…
Read MoreSwansea University Professor Receives Prestigious Fulbright Award to Study at WHOI
David Lamb, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Swansea University in Wales, will conduct research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of an All Disciplines Scholar Fulbright AwardâÃÂÃÂone of the most prestigious and selective scholarship programs operating worldwide.
Read MoreSharkCam Tracks Great Whites into the Deep
On the first trip to study great white sharks in the wild off Guadalupe Island in 2013, the REMUS SharkCam team returned with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) tattooed with bite marks and some of the most dramatic footage ever seen on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week: large great white sharks attacking the underwater robot, revealing previously unknown details about strategies sharks use to hunt and interact with their prey.
Read MoreWoods Hole researchers interested in shark of a different color
features Camrin Braun and mentions WHOI
Shark Tales
Sharks are some of the largest fish in the ocean, but their movements and behavior have remained largely hidden from people.
Read MoreThe R/V Neil Armstrong Arrives In Woods Hole
quotes Mark Abbott, Rob Munier, Chris Reddy, and Annamarie Behring
Study: Shark strikes on drone help understand behavior
features great white research, REMUS, and quotes Amy Kukulya and Roger Stokey
Robotic Vehicles Offer a New Tool in Study of Shark Behavior
The dramatic video footage of a great white shark attacking the “REMUS SharkCam” autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) brought some of the highest ratings to Discover Channel’s Shark Week 2014 and went viral on the Internet.
But while the footage was unprecedented, the scientific understanding enabled by the REMUS SharkCam is just as groundbreaking. The AUV was used during a science expedition in 2013 to better understand white shark behavior and represents the first successful efforts to autonomously track and image any animal in the marine environment. The research provides critical data to efforts to conserve these animals.
“We wanted to test the REMUS SharkCam technology to prove that is was a viable tool for observing marine animals – sharks in this case – and to collect substantial data about the animals’s behavior and habitat,” said WHOI engineer Amy Kukulya, one of REMUS SharkCam’s principal investigators.
The research results were recently published in the Journal of Fish Biology. The paper’s lead author is Greg Skomal, a biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. In addition to Kukulya, co-authors include biologist E. M. Hoyos-Padilla of Pelagios-Kakunjá, a Mexican marine conservation organization, and WHOI engineer and REMUS SharkCam software developer Roger Stokey.
Read MoreEpiphany Among the Manta Rays
There’s a great need to collect ocean temperature data. And there are millions of scuba divers out there.
Read MoreForecasting the Future of Fish
How can we weigh all the interrelated factors involved in managing a critical ocean resource? Oceanus magazine experiments with a graphic article to help explain a complex issue.
Read MoreWHOI, NEAQ Embark on Expedition to the Phoenix Islands
A research team led by the New England Aquarium (NEAQ) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are heading out on a 6,000-mile expedition to one of the most remote places on Earth—the Phoenix Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Throughout the month of September and in the midst of a strengthening Pacific El Nino, researchers will investigate the combined effects of climate change and human activity on the these vast coral reef ecosystems and the diversity of life they sustain.
Read MoreWhat to do if you see a shark in the water
Indirectly quotes Simon Thorrold and WHOI.
Locals say flounder are coming back
Quotes Michael Moore and WHOI.
No more Megalodon: Discovery Channel promises a more scientific “Shark Week” this year
mentions WHOI
It’s time for Shark Week to redeem itself
quotes Simon Thorrold and mentions WHOI
Why the author of ‘Jaws’ wished he never wrote it
quotes Simon Thorrold and mentions WHOI
Mainers keep lookout in wake of shark reports
mentions WHOI
Is it really that dangerous to high-five a great white shark?
reprint of LiveScience article mentioning WHOI