Tag: whales

The Robertson family (pictured) had been sailing around the world for 18 months when their boat was attacked by three killer whales. Pictured: Linda (top left), Dougal (bottom right) and children (l-r) Douglas, Sandy, Neil and Anne

‘We promised not to eat each other’: Adrift for 38 days in…

It was just before 10am on a June morning in 1972 when Douglas Robertson heard a series of…

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Research by Rochester University Scientists in New York found a protein in Bowhead whales, known as CIRBP, that helps elongate a whale's life span. (File image of Bowhead whale)

How whales could hold the secret to humans living FAR longer as…

By ASHLEIGH MCCAULL Published: 22:01 EDT, 31 October 2025 | Updated: 22:05 EDT, 31 October…

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