Research Highlights

Oceanus Magazine

Busting myths about HABs

June 11, 2025

WHOI researchers give you the facts about toxic algal blooms

Sonic Sharks

April 23, 2025

The predators may not be a silent as once thought

A rare black seadevil anglerfish sees the light

March 20, 2025

A viral video shows a denizen of the ocean’s twilight zone making an unusual trip to the surface

How will we ever count them all?

January 30, 2025

WHOI biologist Francesco Ventura recounts a conservation win for sea turtles in remote Guinea-Bissau

Five marine animals that call shipwrecks home

January 23, 2025

One man’s sunken ship is another fish’s home? Learn about five species that have evolved to thrive on sunken vessels

News Releases

Groundbreaking research sheds light on how whales and dolphins use sound

June 9, 2025

Differences in brain structure between echolocating and non-echolocating marine mammals offers insight into auditory processing

UN-backed global research shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation

June 5, 2025

WHOI researchers part of collaborative, international effort to increase Marine Protected Areas and other strategies

Researchers awarded for identifying first evidence of possible language-like communication in dolphins

May 16, 2025

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and partners take home prestigious award

Scientists in Alvin witness seafloor eruption on the East Pacific Rise

May 2, 2025

Long-awaited event sets the stage for scientists to learn more about physical, chemical and biological processes in the deep ocean East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean (May 2, 2025) – Scientists diving in the human-occupied vehicle Alvin recently witnessed a rare…

Researchers to map the genome of the invasive European green crab

April 2, 2025

Washington Sea Grant will work with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to shed light on a highly invasive species