Further investigation is needed to determine the species. A large number of fly eggs were found on the porpoise during a surface examination in 2017. During the dissection, the scientists also ...

The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...

I recognized immediately that it belonged to the vaquita, a species of porpoise found only in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California. Its eyes are airbrushed in shadows, ringed by a white ...

Porpoises: There are much fewer porpoise species in the world. The 7 species in the Phocoenidae family include harbor ...

In January 2017, a spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) stranded on the coast of the Falkland Islands. A team from Falklands Conservation promptly froze the small cetacean and offered it to the ...

A pregnant porpoise found stranded in Cornwall died after being caught up in commercial fishing nets, a post-mortem ...

Despite a last-ditch effort to save the species, it was a case of too little too late. Now experts are focusing their efforts on another species in the Yangtze River – the finless porpoise - a close ...