Biology Department Highlighted Research Email to a Friend Oceanus Magazine Articles November 4, 2005 Should Eastern Oysters Be Put on the Endangered List? Attempt to save a local population stirs national controversy » View article from Oceanus Magazine October 24, 2005 Scientific (and Surfing) Safari On and off the job, a MIT/WHOI graduate student displays his passion for the ocean » View article from Oceanus Magazine October 17, 2005 A Mysterious Disease Is Infecting Northeast Clam Beds ...But a new technique is revealing the secrets of QPX ('Quahog Parasite Unknown') » View article from Oceanus Magazine October 11, 2005 Finding Nemo...and Other Endangered Fish A new method to tag and track fish will help protect threatened species » View article from Oceanus Magazine October 7, 2005 Cold Comfort for Barnacles Researchers are surprised to find that frozen barnacle larvae can revive » View article from Oceanus Magazine September 19, 2005 Big Whale, Big Sharks, Big Stink R/V Tioga sent into action to perform whale necropsy at sea » View article from Oceanus Magazine September 9, 2005 Building an Automated Underwater Microscope A conversation with Heidi Sosik » View article from Oceanus Magazine August 27, 2005 The Secret Lives of Fish Scientists learn to read the 'diary' records in the ear bones of fish » View article from Oceanus Magazine August 25, 2005 Anderson Addresses UN Ocean Commission » View article from Oceanus Magazine July 28, 2005 A Whale Expert is Called in to Decipher Odd Elephant Calls WHOI researchers extend investigations of the Alexandrium bloom of 2005 and look for signs of future trouble » View article from Oceanus Magazine July 15, 2005 Red Tide—Gone for Now, But Back Next Year? WHOI biologist's expertise in marine mammal communication proves useful in studies of other large (albeit terrestrial) mammals » View article from Oceanus Magazine July 8, 2005 Settling on the Seafloor Deep in the ocean, larvae search for 'home, sweet home' » View article from Oceanus Magazine June 30, 2005 Seafloor Reconnaissance Reveals Hidden Dangers Off Antarctica Science team discovers potential navigation hazard near research station » View article from Oceanus Magazine June 28, 2005 On the Seafloor, a Parade of Roses Third generation of scientists finds third generation of hydrothermal vent sites » View article from Oceanus Magazine June 10, 2005 Transparent Salps May Play Conspicuous Ecological Role » View article from Oceanus Magazine June 1, 2005 Seeing Red in New England Waters WHOI researchers detect a massive bloom of algae before it hits the coast » View article from Oceanus Magazine June 1, 2005 Sensors to Make Sense of the Sea An expanding variety of sensors is changing they way we monitor dynamic ocean systems » View article from Oceanus Magazine May 26, 2005 Risks and Remedies from the Sea WHOI researchers detect a massive bloom of algae before it hits the coast » View article from Oceanus Magazine April 25, 2005 Voyages into the Antarctic Winter Pioneering cruises into the pack ice of the Southern Ocean reveal secrets of its fertile ecosystem » View article from Oceanus Magazine May 25, 2005 Down to the Sea on (Gene) Chips WThe genomics revolution is transforming the way scientists can study life in the oceans » View article from Oceanus Magazine April 19, 2005 How to See What Whales Hear Biomedical imaging reveals new insights into marine mammal ears » View article from Oceanus Magazine March 16, 2005 Run Deep, But Not Silent A new tagging device lets scientists 'go along for the ride' into the underwater world of whales » View article from Oceanus Magazine March 16, 2005 Playing Tag with Whales Engineers overcome nightmarish specifications to create a dream instrument » View article from Oceanus Magazine March 11, 2005 The Deeps of Time in the Depths of the Ocean Discoveries of unusual marine microbes are radically changing our views about the evolution of life » View article from Oceanus Magazine March 8, 2005 Little Things Matter A Lot Overlooked in the ocean until the 1970s, cyanobacteria are among Earth's most important organisms » View article from Oceanus Magazine February 1, 2005 Coral Gardens in the Dark Depths Scientists seek to learn more about these abundant, fragile, and now-threatened communities » View article from Oceanus Magazine February 7, 2005 Do Marine Protected Areas Really Work? Georges Bank experiment offers new insights on age-old questions about closing areas to fishing » View article from Oceanus Magazine January 20, 2006 To Find Whales, Follow Their Food WHOI biologist employs an array of tools to reveal right whale feeding habits and habitats » View article from Oceanus Magazine January 19, 2006 Diving into the Right Whale Gene Pool What is compromising the endangered species' ability to reproduce? » View article from Oceanus Magazine January 19, 2005 Can We Catch More Fish and Still Preserve the Stock? Mathematical analyses offer new insights into age-old controversies on fishing restriction » View article from Oceanus Magazine January 17, 2006 Doing the Right Thing for the Right Whale WHOI Right Whale Initiative accelerates research to help conserve an endangered species » View article from Oceanus Magazine WHOI News Releases October 17, 2005 New Genetic Test Can Detect Clam Disease Crippling Shellfish Industry and Threatening Aquaculture Operations A new genetic test can detect QPX, a deadly disease in clams and a threat to the shellfish industry. » View news release August 14, 2005 Scientists Use New Methods to Track and Protect Threatened Species Antibiotics and genetics help researchers track fish populations, and the results are both surprising and encouraging. » View news release July 29, 2005 WHOI Scientists and Engineers Explore "Lost City" in the Atlantic WHOI biologist goes to sea in a new way, using technology first envisioned more than 15 years ago. » View news release July 22, 2005 Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Study Says Population in Crisis Ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear threaten the survival of the remaining 350 North Atlantic right whales, and scientists say that unless emergency management actions are taken the population will face a catastrophic decline and become extinct. » View news release July 12, 2005 2005 New England Red Tide Media Briefings July 14 » View news release June 8, 2005 Scientists Map Ocean Floor Near Palmer Station in Antarctica With inflatable boats and an underwater robot, a research team makes the first new chart of Antarctic waters in 50 years. » View news release May 26, 2005 WHOI Scientists Monitor Largest Red Tide Outbreak in 12 Years in Massachusetts Bay Faced with a "perfect storm" of red tide, WHOI scientists share data quickly with public health officials. » View news release March 24, 2005 Elephants Imitate Sounds as a Form of Social Communication Elephants learn to imitate sounds that are not typical of their species, the first known example after humans of vocal learning in a non-primate terrestrial mammal. » View news release

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