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Members of the WHOI community lined the dock on a rainy, cold morning recently to watch as the institution’s two large research vessels, Neil Armstrong (left) and Atlantis (top) […]

Scientists collected these organisms from the bottom of the Bering Sea on a 2009 expedition. These polychaete worms and one mollusk (the light pink loop in the center) provide food […]

This kayak is souped up for science. Dubbed the JetYak, it’s motorized and remotely controlled, and it  maneuvers easily in shallow water. WHOI scientist and engineer Peter Traykovski […]

A curious octopus (Grimpoteuthis) peers into the viewport of the human-occupied deep-submergence vehicle Alvin, while the observers inside are undoubtedly peering out to look at it. Cirrate octopuses like […]

A large iceberg breaks away from the Helheim Glacier and floats among slabs of pack ice in Sermilik Fjord along the southeastern coast of Greenland. The glacier, about 3 […]

Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth, often reaching 70 to 90 feet—the length of two school buses. But when it comes to food, these giant marine mammals […]

WHOI able-bodied seaman Raul Martinez and SSSG technician Allison Heater prepare the human-occupied vehicle Alvin for a dive in March 2014. They communicate with the sub’s pilot through a […]

The ocean’s twilight zone teems with life. This little-known part of the ocean—200 to 1,000 meters (660 to 3,300 feet) below the surface—may have more fish biomass than in […]

Research engineer Lee Freitag and colleagues in the WHOI Acoustic Communications Group are developing a longe-range underwater sound-singalling system to warn of possible tsunamis. When a pressure sensor […]

The remarkable squidworm was discovered by WHOI scientist Larry Madin and colleagues during a 2007 expedition to explore the deep waters of the Celebes Sea in the Philippines. The squidworm […]

A research team led by WHOI scientists collects samples of groundwater from a well on Enewetak Atoll, one of the tiny Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean (from left, WHOI […]

This experiment on the seafloor examined whether pumping carbon dioxide to the bottom of the ocean might affect organisms living there. That is one proposed strategy to combat the […]

Long metal tubes protrude from the bow and stern of a research boat headed toward a blue hole off Long Island in the Bahamas. Scientists lower the tubes to the […]

Scientists have long known that mountain ranges can draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere: As rocks are exposed to the air by erosion, minerals chemically react with carbon […]

No pot of gold, but a large colony of king penguins can be found at the end of this rainbow. Breeding pairs and individuals form very large and dense colonies […]

A research team works by headlamps to extract sediments from tubes used to core the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. WHOI scientist Rob Sohn, who has explored hydrothermal vents […]

WHOI senior engineer Matt Heintz speaks with WHOI Trustees and Corporation members about major upgrades to the remotely operated deep-sea vehicle Jason. The $2.4 million upgrades were funded […]