Seal Facts - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Apr 11, 2024 · Seal Facts 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 …
Seal Whiskers Inspire Marine Technology - Woods Hole …
Jan 27, 2016 · The night approaches quickly. A harbor seal plunges into the water, diving deep as the sunlight recedes. Through the dark, turbid waters, she searches for fish. Suddenly, the …
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 …
The value of iron for a seal - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Apr 11, 2024 · Most seal pups don’t make it through their first year, and the researchers want to figure out whether higher iron intake makes a difference in the pups’ survival. “Everyone has …
Studying how seals adapt to extreme environments could lead to …
A female grey seal nursing her pup on the beaches of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Gray seals give birth once a year and females will quickly lose ~30% of their body mass while the pup triples in …
Weddell seals in the Antarctic strategically time their most extreme ...
Oct 29, 2024 · The researchers outfitted the seals with Conductivity Temperature Depth-Satellite Relay Dive Loggers, which collected a total of 8,913 seal days of behavioral data from 59 adult …
Field research from the heart - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
Feb 14, 2025 · WHOI engineers adapted an off-the-shelf component to develop a prototype heart monitor for field research. ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution But this year, a small pilot …
To help address these concerns, a group of scientists, fishers, and resource managers created the Northwest Atlantic Seal Consortium in 2012. Its goal is to get and share knowledge on the …
Study Looks at Gray Seal Impact on Beach Water Quality
Dec 18, 2012 · Scientists from the newly created Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium (NASRC) are using data collected by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) …
Seal Spy - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
May 1, 2019 · Seal Spy Drones helps WHOI scientist measure the body mass of mother and pup seals during lactation By Evan Lubofsky | May 1, 2019 Marine ecologist at Woods Hole …