Can animals thrive without oxygen?
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 28 January 2018
A WHOI-led study challenges claims that multicellular animals live in permanently anoxic seafloor brine pools. Researchers found no evidence of living metazoans in the deepest zones, suggesting earlier findings may have mistaken bacteria for living animals.
Keywords: Mediterranean Sea, metazoans, extremophiles, deep sea, marine biology, BMC Biology, microbial colonization
Robotic Vehicles Offer a New Tool in Study of Shark Behavior
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 8 January 2016
WHOI’s REMUS SharkCam provided the first autonomous, in-depth footage of great white shark behavior in the open ocean. The AUV revealed predatory behavior at depth, advancing shark research and conservation efforts with groundbreaking underwater tracking.
Keywords: predatory behavior, marine research, Amy Kukulya, deep-sea behavior, Shark Week, underwater vehicle, oceanography, shark conservation
Amy Apprill Featured in Science’s Video Series
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 16 December 2015
WHOI microbiologist Amy Apprill is featured in Science Magazine’s “XX Files” series for her pioneering research on whale skin microbiomes. Her work explores how microbes impact whale health and supports conservation through DNA analysis of skin samples.
Keywords: Science Magazine, marine microbiology, DNA sequencing, marine animal health, whale conservation, minke whales, Antarctic research
