How do you study a gigantic mammal that migrates over thousands of miles and spends most of its time underwater? here’s how the latest tech is shaping the future of whale conservation

LONDON’S Hammersmith Hospital was the unlikely location that sparked Natalie Sanders’ passion for marine mammals. “I have a heart condition and spent a lot of time there as a child,” she says. “A tunn

They knew the weather would be bad. But the three-person film crew, in Antarctica to document emperor penguins for a BBC documentary, decided to press ahead. “We wanted to film in these conditions,” s

Long believed to be a symbol of good fortune, the albatross has its own annual world awareness day on 19th June. As legend would have it, the bird embodies the souls of sailors lost at sea, and to har

WONDERS OF THE OCEAN

Walruses live in the arctic and sub-Arctic. They are one of the largest pinnipeds (meaning fin-footed) and are related to seals and sealions. Their Latin name, Odobenus rosmarus, translates as ‘tooth-

Funds raised by Global Birdfair 2025 will support BirdLife International’s efforts to safeguard oceanic seabirds in the South Pacific, explains James Lowen