Carrie NewellCarrie grew up in Michigan, moved to South Dakota, and earned degrees in Fisheries and Wildlife, Zoology, Botany, and Geology. After completing a Master's in Invertebrate Zoology and a minor in Paleontology, she taught Marine Biology in Eugene, Orego. While studying gray whales in Newport and Depoe Bay, she discovered they fed on mysid shrimp off the Oregon coast. This led to a graduate degree in Biological Oceanography at Oregon State University and features in Jean-Michel Cousteau's Gray Whale Obstacle Course and Oregon Field Guide. Retired from teaching, she runs Whale Research EcoExcursions and continues gray whale research with her dog, Koda. Read More Read Less