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Humpback whale lunging through the water while feeding, surrounded by seabirds diving and circling above the surface.

The uncomfortable truth behind the sharp rise in whale injuries

Linda Chivell - March 23, 2026

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A rare underwater photograph showing a long, flowing ribbon of thick, white whale milk drifting through clear blue ocean water near the surface.

How Whales Nurse Their Young- facts and fiction about whale milk

Linda Chivell - February 13, 2026

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WWII’s Codebreaker Theory breaks the code of the Pattern of Shark...

Linda Chivell - June 6, 2020 0

horse shoe crabs on a beach

The humble animal who saves the most human lives

Linda Chivell - January 16, 2017 0

As Arctic water became colder, cod has become Antifreeze Fish

Linda Chivell - July 22, 2015 0

he sperm whale has the largest teeth of any whale species. Sperm whales only have teeth on their lower jaw — their upper jaw has sockets for teeth to rest in – and their teeth can reach incredible lengths

Teeth or bristles

Linda Chivell - June 19, 2015 0

Dead whales provide a carbon footprint as a great white shark freast on the dead whale

Beached dead whales can alter the ocean’s carbon footprint

Linda Chivell - May 12, 2015 0

A 40-foot humpback whale entangled in 75 lobster traps and their connecting ropes in the Bay of Fundy.© CWRT/IFAW

How Whales Become Entangled

Linda Chivell - May 10, 2015 0

Emperor shrimps will often “hitch” a ride on nudibranch – the ceratosoma species is a favorite

5 Symbiotic marine relationships

Linda Chivell - April 29, 2015 0

Whale poop gives insight into stress levels

Why you should care about whale poo

Linda Chivell - April 15, 2015 0