For WHOI personnel, vendors, and visitors: COVID-19 Guidelines JOIN US PRESS ROOM DIRECTORY WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO KNOW YOUR OCEAN NEWS SHOP GIVE NOW Jellyfish & Other Zooplankton Five times the ocean helped us learn about the human body November 10, 2021 For people studying the human body, big ideas can sometimes come in small, briny packages Read More Ocean Encounters Virtual Series: Weirdly Wonderful: Creatures of the Twilight Zone June 2, 2021 Heidi Sosik, WHOI Joel Llopiz, WHOI Vincent Pieribone, OceanX Host: Véronique LaCapra, WHOI Dive with us into the ocean twilight… Read More Dangerous ‘Clinging Jellyfish’ Found Again in Barnegat Bay May 27, 2021 Lavallette-Seaside Shorebeat They are found naturally throughout coastal regions of the northern hemisphere and have, in recent times, invaded the Mediterranean Sea and even the Pacific coast of the Russian far east. Follow the smell of the ocean to find where marine predators feed February 23, 2021 EurekAlert! NOAA Live! Webinar: Let’s Talk About Fish Food: Zooplankton in the Eastern Bering Sea February 4, 2021 Deana Crouser, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, AK Sponsored by: NOAA and Woods Hole Sea Grant This will be… Read More Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: The Role of Zooplankton in Regulating Carbon Export and Phytoplankton Community Structure: Integrating Models and Observations November 4, 2020 Kevin M. Archibald, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office This will be held virtually. To register, please visit:… Read More Meet the new wash-ashore: Portuguese man-of-war September 27, 2020 Cape Cod Times “They most likely arrive here via the Gulf Stream and then get blown or drift on shore,” Larry Madin, a retired senior scientist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Jellyfish larger than blue whales? July 14, 2020 Recent accounts in the media have described the appearance of lion’s mane jellyfish in waters and beaches in the Northeast as a surprising, sometimes troubling, event, with record sizes and numbers reported from Maine to the Massachusetts south coast. But is this event noteworthy? Or, as some have implied, is it a sign of failing ocean health? Three WHOI marine biologists weighed in to put events into perspective. Read More NOAA Webinar: Wait! Is that a Real Jellyfish? June 3, 2020 Michael Ford, NOAA Fisheries Sponsored by: NOAA with Michael Ford, NOAA Fisheries in Silver Spring, MD Let’s face it. Jellyfish… Read More Scientists investigate global spread of stinging jellyfish May 22, 2019 New invasions reported in New England and Sweden, prompting researchers to look at a variety of potential causes including transportation, warmer ocean temperatures, and a resurgence of eelgrass. Read More Beads that Sting May 16, 2019 These may look like a curtain of Mardi Gras beads hung in a doorway, but they are actually Man-o’-War tentacles… Read More Mesobot, Follow that Jellyfish! March 12, 2019 WHO scientists and engineers are developing an innovative autonomous deep-sea vehicle with hovering and manuevering capabilities that will allow it to follow animals without disturbing their environment and behavior. Read More Jellyfish & Other Zooplankton February 6, 2019 What are Zooplankton? Zooplankton are animals that live all or part of their life as plankton (from the Greek word… Read More Plankton, By Any Other Name Scientists usually divide plankton into three groups that align with major divisions of life. The plant-like organisms are phytoplankton (from… Read More The Watery World of Salps Somewhere in our galaxy is a planet mainly covered by ocean. Most of the animals that live on the planet… Read More Mission to the Ocean Twilight Zone April 17, 2018 The twilight zone is a part of the ocean 660 to 3,300 feet below the surface, where little sunlight can reach. It is deep and dark and cold, and the pressures there are enormous. Despite these challenging conditions, the twilight zone teems with life that helps support the ocean’s food web and is intertwined with Earth’s climate. Some countries are gearing up to exploit twilight zone fisheries, with unknown impacts for marine ecosystems and global climate. Scientists and engineers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are poised to explore and investigate this hidden frontier. Read More WHOI Among First Funding Recipients of The Audacious Project April 11, 2018 What if we explored the ocean’s vast twilight zone, teeming with undiscovered life? Today, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) was awarded $35 million – the largest philanthropic gift in the Institution’s history – to do just that. The award comes from The Audacious Project, a bold new philanthropic collaboration housed at TED to fund critical ideas that have potential to create massive, global change. Read More Tiny Jellyfish with a Big Sting January 3, 2018 Clinging jellyfish in waters near Vladivostok, Russia, are known for their painful, toxic stings. In the U.S., where clinging jellies had been relatively harmless, a new, venomous variety has recently appeared on Cape Cod, Mass., and in nearby regions. WHOI biologist Annette Govindarajan is using genetic techniques to trace their geographic origins. Read More The Truth About Portuguese Man-of-Wars July 18, 2017 WCAI interview with Larry Madin Clinging Jelly fish in Groton growing in numbers June 30, 2017 WTNH News 8 mentions WHOI Jellyfish Research Finds Potential New Varieties and Poses Additional Questions May 20, 2017 CapeCod.com mentions Annette Govindarajan and WHOI Clinging to a jellyfish link April 24, 2017 Martha's Vineyard Times features Annette Govindarajan and Mary Carman WHOI researchers find link between local jellyfish and Russian species April 24, 2017 Cape Cod Times quotes Annette Govindarajan and Mary Carman Clinging Jellyfish History: Biologist Govindarajan Found The Puzzling Origins April 21, 2017 The Science Times mentions Annette Govindarajan and WHOI Page 1 of 3123» The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is dedicated to advancing knowledge of the ocean and its connection with the Earth system through a sustained commitment to excellence in science, engineering, and education, and to the application of this knowledge to problems facing society. 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