HERTFORDSHIRE.- The latest temporary exhibition at the Natural History Museum at Tring, The Thames Whale Story, opens on the 22 January. The exhibition marks the five-year anniversary of the now-famous northern bottlenose whale that found its way into the River Thames. Following the dramatic three days in which the whale swam up the Thames, explore how it got there from its home miles away in the North Atlantic, what happened to the skeleton after the failed rescue attempt and how important it is to science today. From the moment it was spotted in the Thames on 19 January 2006, the whale captured the public’s imagination. At six metres long, it was unmissable, and the female whale’s every move was followed by the public and the media. Despite rescue efforts, the whale died on 21 January as it was being taken back out to sea on a barge. This northern bottlenose whale was the first of its species to be