A dead porpoise has washed up on a popular beach. It was found on Redcar beach, Teesside, on Saturday but was already dead ...

Spectacled porpoises are thought to live in the remote oceanic region surrounding Antarctica. Little is known about the lives of these animals, so Museum scientists are endeavouring to learn all they ...

Millions of animals are at risk, but what are the rarest animals in the world? These are some of the most endangered animals, ...

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 ...

For the porpoise, Amy used a technique that is relatively new to the Museum - a 3D-structured light scan. Using a handheld scanner containing a light projector and camera and slowly moving it over the ...

An attempt to put tracking devices on three porpoises caught in the North Sea by Wageningen researchers has resulted in the death of one of the animals, One of the porpoises was successfully fitted ...

In this fight against extinction, Podolsky sees a cautionary tale about the importance of protecting rare animals “at the first sign of trouble”—not when only a few of them remain.

A Vancouver-based animal-rights group is calling for the release of a harbour porpoise at the Vancouver Aquarium. “She has gone through a terrible ordeal and has fought hard to survive ...

IF THE ANIMAL IS STILL IN THE AREA. AS THE TIDE CONTINUES TO GO OUT, WELL, FORTUNATELY, JUST AS THE TIDE WAS GOING OUT, THE PORPOISE DECIDED APPARENTLY ON ITS OWN, TO HEAD BACK OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS.