Up until that photo was taken, harbor porpoises were not known to jump out of the water, or make much of a show of themselves at all. But this one was making a pass by a female in an attempt to ...

and female orcas have been seen carrying their deceased calves for miles, like J35, who carried her dead baby for 17 days. The porpoise harassment “might be due to their limited opportunities to ...

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 ...

They are not used for chewing but more for grabbing prey and swallowing it whole. The female harbor porpoises are generally larger than the males and weigh around 168 pounds while the males are ...

Falklands Conservation reported the stranded porpoise as an emaciated female. However, the reason for her low weight isn't currently clear. Richard says, 'We'll determine more about the emaciated ...

TOBA, Mie -- Two finless porpoises, one male and one female, were born between late May and early June at an aquarium here, one of which has already made its public debut. The male calf has been ...

Published in Current Biology, their results show that the porpoise's range has decreased by at least 65% over the past 1,400 years, with the majority of this decline occurring in the past century ...

The scientists pored over more than 700 ancient Chinese poems from the Tang through the Qing dynasties that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to find out where and when poets described seeing ...