There are around 177,000 harbour porpoises in UK seas, but many of us aren’t familiar with them, as they are shy and elusive, unlike other cetaceans such as dolphins. Porpoises share their habitat, ...

Two harbour porpoises have been spotted swimming in the River Severn. The porpoises, one of the smallest species of cetaceans, were first reported by people near Tewkesbury Weir on Saturday.

A harbour porpoise was found on the beach near Sovereign Harbour by local resident Hilary Chambers on Tuesday (January 21). Eastbourne’s Coastguard attended the scene after being alerted of the ...

Scientists from the University's Lighthouse Field Station have been studying harbor porpoises in the Moray Firth for many years, so took the opportunity to monitor their reaction to the ...

Cutting-edge technology in a lab at Florida Atlantic University was used to digitize the skeleton of the rarest marine mammal in the world, a porpoise called the vaquita, ensuring that the animal ...

The annual meeting of about 150 porpoise near Longhope, Orkney could be the largest in the UK, and it has been well documented for more than a hundred years. Despite this, no-one knows why they ...

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 ...

According to a release from SeaWorld San Diego Tuesday, the vaquita — which means “little cow” in Spanish — is the world’s smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal.

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 ...