Ocean Life
Body snatchers are on the hunt for mud crabs
WHOI biologist Carolyn Tepolt discusses the biological arms race between a parasite and its host
A polar stethoscope
Could the sounds of Antarctica's ice be a new bellwether for ecosystem health in the…
Top 5 ocean hitchhikers
As humans traveled and traded across the globe, they became unwitting taxis to marine colonizers
Harnessing the ocean to power transportation
WHOI scientists are part of a team working to turn seaweed into biofuel
How do you solve a problem like Sargassum?
An important yet prolific seaweed with massive blooms worries scientists
Whistle! Chirp! Squeak! What does it mean?
Avatar Alliance Foundation donation helps WHOI researcher decode dolphin communication
Behind the blast
The marine superintendent who blew up Jaws
Seeding the future
New WHOI tech lends a hand to kelp farmers
Cold, quiet, and carbon-rich: Investigating winter wetlands
A hydrologist takes on a groundbreaking study to understand how groundwater moves through New England…
Sonic Sharks
The predators may not be a silent as once thought
A rare black seadevil anglerfish sees the light
A viral video shows a denizen of the ocean's twilight zone making an unusual trip…
How will we ever count them all?
WHOI biologist Francesco Ventura recounts a conservation win for sea turtles in remote Guinea-Bissau
Five marine animals that call shipwrecks home
One man's sunken ship is another fish's home? Learn about five species that have evolved…
Deep-sea amphipod name inspired by literary masterpiece
Name pays tribute to Cervantes' Don Quixote and reinforces themes of sweetness and beauty
A gift for ocean research
Boater and oceanography enthusiast Steven Grossman supports innovative WHOI projects with $10 million donation
The case for preserving deep-sea biodiversity
WHOI biologist Annette Govindarajan offers her takeaways from the COP16 UN Convention on Biological Diversity…
Saving Tico
A manatee’s odyssey and the role of currents in marine mammal conservation
An immersive twilight zone exhibit
An ARTECHOUSE and WHOI collaboration in Washington, D.C. is transporting visitors to a hidden layer…
Tracking big fish at fine scales
Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution track how shortbill spearfish take advantage of local ocean…
Hope in fossilized fish bits
Abundant life in hotter ancient seas gives one paleontologist optimism for the future
Underwater Starfield
A swimmer’s encounter with creatures of the open ocean
Breaking Point
Scientists work to protect emperor penguins in a melting world
The 10,000-foot view
WHOI's Tom Bell tracks changes to vulnerable coastal ecosystems with aerial imagery