Beluga whale

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-

WONDERS OF THE OCEAN

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

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

SVALBARD

THE last Wednesday in May is World Otter Day, organised by the International Otter Survival Fund. The Eurasian otter is the only British species and in recent years has been doing better in the wilder