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Sound Bytes: Meet the Pilots of the Underwater Glider Challenge

Sound Bytes

A conversation with the NOAA pilots guiding gliders to capture the sounds of our ocean.
February 05, 2026 - Research ,
Pacific Islands
West Coast
Glider deployment team aboard R/V Kaunānā posing with underwater ocean gliders Glider team aboard R/V Kaunānā in Hawai'i, preparing to deploy 8 gliders. Credit Marvin Chea/UH Marine Center.

Adventures of a Field Scientist in the Gulf of Maine: So What Do You Do Out There?

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Field scientist Maura Flynn shares her highlights from the Fall Bottom Longline Survey, which samples the Gulf of Maine’s rocky bottom in partnership with two commercial fishing vessels.
January 15, 2026 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
The port side of a white fishing vessel at sunset.

Currents and Connections Post #10

Currents and Connections

Where education, science, and culture come together.
October 01, 2025 - Science Blog ,
Alaska
Education coordinator holds a whiteboard to discuss water quality results with a group of students gathered around Stori Oates, Communications and Education Coordinator for Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Auke Bay Laboratories, discusses water quality test results with middle school students attending ANSEP’s Middle School Career Explorations Camp in Juneau, Alaska. Credit: ANSEP.

Diving Into Ghost Shark Systematics: My Summer as a NOAA Hollings Scholar

Northeastern University student Lei Curtis reflects on their Hollings internship experience with the National Systematics Laboratory.
September 30, 2025 - Research ,
National
A person wearing glasses and black rubber gloves holds tongs and a small speckled shark specimen over a tank filled with amber liquid. Hollings scholar Lei Curtis selects a ghost shark specimen from an oversized specimen tank in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Credit: Dr. Katherine Bemis/NOAA Fisheries

Currents and Connections Post #9

Currents and Connections

Where education, science, and culture come together.
September 29, 2025 - Science Blog ,
Alaska
Christmas anemones, mottled sea stars, and blue mussels covered in barnacles in a tidepool Christmas anemones, mottled sea stars, and blue mussels covered in barnacles in a tidepool on Shaman Island, Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Currents and Connections Post #8

Where education, science, and culture come together.
September 26, 2025 - Science Blog ,
Alaska
scientists on rigid inflatable heading into calm bay surrounded by green hills Fionn O’Duggan, Darcie Neff, Johanna Page and I head out on the seine boat in Kukak Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Shortfin Squid Project “Squids Their Stride” in 2025

Field Fresh Blog: Science in Motion

Fish biologist Mary Kate Munley shares how she and others involved in the shortfin squid project have hit their stride. In year two of the project, the team runs like a well-oiled science machine.
September 19, 2025 - Survey ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two people stand in front of a squid processing station to measure a squid.

Currents and Connections Post #7

Currents and Connections

Where education, science, and culture come together.
August 27, 2025 - Science Blog ,
Alaska
Juvenile Pacific cod swim around baited underwater camera Juvenile Pacific cod attracted to a baited camera system set in kelp habitat. All cod have three dorsal fins, but you can tell these are Pacific cod because of their “leopard” markings and large chin barbel - which I think is so cute! Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

A Day in the Life of a Scientist Tagging Sperm Whales

Evaluating Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Gulf Whales and Dolphins

Scientists are at sea tagging endangered sperm whales to learn about their movements and behavior.
August 04, 2025 - Survey ,
Southeast
A large white ship out at sea with a whale surfacing in the foreground A sperm whale resting at the surface after a deep dive with NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the background. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Reid (Permit #27867)

Currents and Connections Post #6

Currents and Connections

Where education, science, and culture come together.
August 01, 2025 - Science Blog ,
Alaska
Scientists scoop fish from the codend of the beach seine with an estimated 15,000 Pacific herring in it The codend of the beach seine with an estimated 15,000 Pacific herring in it. This set was heavy and hard to pull in. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.