Nov 6, 2025 · Marine mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates that bear live young and nourish them with milk as land mammals do, but that spend most or all of their lives in the ocean.

Marine mammal's "ears" are thus very different from ours. Because the ocean environment (and the tissue from which sounds are emitted) change the vocalizations, the sounds that marine mammals …

Jun 13, 2024 · Seals are pinnipeds, a group of animals with three separate families—phocidae, otaridae, and odobenidae—that are the only mammals that feed in the water and breed on land.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution collaborates with Matson Navigation Company to increase protections for marine mammals Thermal imaging camera systems can detect moving objects …

Aug 21, 2008 · An unprecedented survey of seabirds, marine mammals, and sharks on the U.S. East Coast has revealed that marine wildlife contains a wide variety of disease-causing …

Oct 30, 2025 · The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is one of the most endangered whales in the world—approximately 340 remain—due to entanglement and ship collisions.

3 days ago · Every drop of ocean water holds living things. Across Earth's history, the ocean has nurtured nearly every form of life that has ever existed. Immerse yourself in the diverse ecosystems …

Feb 15, 2008 · Clues to a whale mystery When Tyack first learned of the sonar-related strandings, he and WHOI engineer Mark Johnson were developing a non-invasive tag at WHOI to digitally record …

Jun 20, 2016 · Over his more than 40 years as a scientist at WHOI, William Watkins led the effort to collect and catalog the vocalizations made by marine mammals. Now, a team from WHOI has …

Jun 9, 2025 · Differences in brain structure between echolocating and non-echolocating marine mammals offer insight into auditory processing Photos available for use with credit can be found here …