ocean science

Marine Biological Laboratory announces its affiliation with the University of Chicago will end on June 30th.

International shipping company CMA CGM has stepped up its support for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in more ways than one.

An interview with Chris German, a marine geochemist who's recently also involved with astrobiology.

Have you ever eaten moon snails? Or neon flying squid? Chances are the answer is no. But some local scientists are hoping that might change.

There’s good news and bad news coming out of the North Atlantic right whale calving grounds off the Southeastern U.S.

Researchers have identified a new-to-the-area North Atlantic right whale. They say it came three-thousand miles to get here.

The North Atlantic right whale calving season is underway. Researchers spotted the first mother and calf pair off the coast of South Carolina on Friday.

How do you give a whale a health checkup? Scientists have been collecting respiratory droplets from North Atlantic right whales, using petri-dish-carrying drones flying above their blowholes.

Officials have determined that a deceased sperm whale that washed up on the north shore of Nantucket on Sunday is too big to move for a necropsy.

A group of students found a cold-stunned green sea turtle in Eastham last Thursday. The class called Mass Audubon’s hotline and put the first turtle rescue of the season in motion.