Articles | Marine Biological Laboratory

Nipam Patel, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory, demonstrated a confocal microscope to a small group of fellows. The microscope can capture a three-dimensional object through two-dimensional scans at different depths. Researchers then run a software program to construct three-dimensional models of the sample. Credit: Anna Kass | Knight Science Journalism Program

Field Trip: Down in Woods Hole | MIT Knight Science Journalism

October 17, 2024

A screenshot of an imaging video of the giant axon in the longfin squid (D. paelli). Credit: Credit: Miguel Holmgren, NIH; Bill Green, University of Chicago; Rylie Walsh, MBL

Imaging an Axon: The Squid Giant Axon of D. pealeii

September 26, 2024

octopus in shell

Can the Octopus Adapt Fast Enough for Climate Change? | Earth Island Journal

August 28, 2024

A hummingbird bobtail squid

How Are Complex Brains Built? Cephalopods Could Shed Light On Core Principles

July 29, 2024

hummingbird bobtail squid Euprymna berryi - Credit Tim Briggs

What Can Cephalopods Teach Us ��Ƶ Adapting to Climate Change?

July 8, 2024

A California two-spot octopus uses an arm to touch an object in a tank.

Thanks for the Memories: 2024 Grass Fellow Investigates Octopus Cognition

July 2, 2024

josh rosenthal and octopus

60,000 Edits Under the Sea | MIT Science Writing Program

June 20, 2024

cuttlefish

Cephalopods with MBL's Roger Hanlon | WCAI

May 8, 2024

Alex Schnell scuba diving with an octopus in frame.

Secrets of the Octopus Takes Us Inside the World of These “Aliens on Earth” | ArsTechnica

May 8, 2024

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