Seal Facts - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jun 13, 2024 · Seals like this one photographed during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX-II) in Antarctica, depend on sea ice to survive. They hunt for food, such as …
Seal Whiskers Inspire Marine Technology - Woods Hole …
Jan 27, 2016 · Could seals also use their whiskers to “feel” the surrounding water patterns to track fish that swim by? In the early 2000s, marine biologists at the University of Rostock in …
Weddell seals in the Antarctic strategically time their most extreme ...
Oct 29, 2024 · New research shows Weddell seals avoid making extreme dives for prey during midday, allowing the seals to keep diving over and over without having to pause for long. This …
The Return of the Seals – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nov 26, 2013 · WHOI biologist Rebecca Gast examines whether the recovered and thriving population of gray seals in Cape Cod waters has affected water quality off the beaches they …
Studying How Seals Adapt to Extreme Environments Could Lead …
However, seals appear to manipulate how glucose is transferred between maternal and fetal blood differently from all other animals studied to date and may provide insight into early …
Creature Feature: Elephant Seal - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
About Elephant seals You may have seen (and heard) elephant seals on a beach: roaring, clumsy and (let’s face it) terrifying as they jostle for mates. These enormous, blubbery marine …
Caught on camera: Scientists and fishermen team up to film seals …
Aug 6, 2020 · Seals find ease in taking a meal already ensnared in wall-like gillnets cast by fishermen, but at what cost? WHOI biologist Andrea Bogomolni works with the fishing …
How Do Marine Mammals Avoid the Bends? - Woods Hole …
Apr 25, 2018 · Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends - the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who …
Plastics in Our Oceans - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
These curious, playful seals would often play with fragments of plastic netting or packing straps, catching their necks in the webbing. The plastic harness can constrict the seal's movements, …
Sea Life Is Accumulating Pathogens - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
Aug 21, 2008 · Over the past three years, a research team led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), collected and analyzed samples from 370 marine animals, encompassing …