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Crates and bins of science gear from WHOI and five other institutions were stacked up outside a research warehouse at the airport in Resolute Bay, Canada, in April 2007. […]

Bridgett Dunnigan of the National Marine Life Center and Joy Reidenberg of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine examine a 900-pound leatherback turtle during a necropsy in May […]

Physical oceanographer Bob Weller and engineering assistant Sean Whelan examine, inspect, and remove sensors from the long wave radiation and short wave radiation modules on the CLIMODE-2 buoy. […]

WHOI research associate Rick Krishfield and engineering assistant Kris Newhall take part of an ice-tethered profiler (ITP) for a sled ride between a warehouse—where they tested and […]

Ken Houtler, captain of the coastal research vessel Tioga, teaches Summer Student Fellow DeAnna McCadney how to use a sextant during a demonstration cruise in July 2006. Every summer, […]

For decades, marine chemists and ecologists have been wondering: does the oil that was spilled into a Cape Cod salt marsh in 1969 still have an impact on the […]

Former WHOI associate scientist Paul Dunlap works in his biology laboratory in 1995 on an experiment with bioluminescent bacteria. Marine organisms ranging from bacteria to fish make their […]

Researchers and ship crewmembers from the icebreaker Oden shovel and pick their way through ice and snow to open a hole to the Arctic Ocean. WHOI engineers tested new underwater […]

Some benthic foraminifera, such as the one shown in this scanning electron micrograph, are single-celled organisms whose calcium carbonate shells contain information about the temperature of the water they […]

The fantail of the research vessel Oceanus is crowded with gear as scientists and technicians prepare to cruise from Woods Hole to the Gulf Stream and back in November […]

Ken Houtler, captain of coastal research vessel Tioga, handles the wheel while first mate Ian Hanley joins him on watch. In March 2007, Houtler and Hanley cruised the 60-foot […]

Airport crews and research technicians lined up their science gear on the tarmac of the Resolute Bay (Canada) airport for shipment to the Canadian Forces Station Alert and, ultimately, the […]

This unusual sea cucumber, Enypniastes eximia, is a graceful, if slow, swimmer. While most sea cucumbers live almost exclusively on the ocean bottom, Enypniastes is one of a small […]

The Ocean Science Discovery Center welcomes students of all ages who wish to learn more about the sea and how we study it. The center hosts weekly lectures […]

Machinist Dave Hamblin inspects the polypropylene racks he is making for the hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus, which is being designed and constructed at WHOI. The racks will hold […]

On a typical summer morning in the village of Woods Hole, participants in the annual Geophysical Fluid Dynamics summer program gather on the porch of Walsh Cottage to […]

A hawsehole in the bow of the icebreaker Oden frames the work of researchers and ship’s crew as they make a hole in the ice for launching underwater vehicles. […]

Researchers Dick Edwards and Dick Leahy examine a sediment core aboard the original research vessel Atlantis in 1959.  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has been taking scientists to sea and […]