There are six porpoise species all around the world, and the family trees that can be constructed from particular gene sequences suggest that the vaquita split from other Pacific Ocean porpoises ...

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 ...

TOBA, Mie Prefecture—The number of wild finless porpoises descending on Toba Port here seems to have increased this year, a boon for both a ferry operator and picture-taking passengers.

Scientific knowledge of the rarely seen spectacled porpoise is extremely limited. So the new addition to the Museum's research collections is set to offer a rare insight into the lives of these ...

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

The third animal was left in the net and drowned. Porpoises, which belong to the whale family, can only stay under water for a limited amount of time. The project, aimed at gaining an insight into the ...

Visitors can watch fishermen hauling in traps and coming in and out of the harbor in their boats at the Cape Porpoise Pier, just as they have done for years. Other activities include shopping in ...

MONTREAL— After a two-year delay, the Council of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement finally voted today to investigate Mexico’s failure to protect its critically endangered and endemic vaquita ...

Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] The Yangtze finless porpoise is declining in population. Attempts to save them include fishing bans to raise public awareness and even ...