When the Baiji Dolphin was declared "functionally extinct" in 2006, it was a once-in-25-million-year event. Never before had a whole species of dolphin been wiped off the planet because of human ...
The Ocean Park Conservation Foundation (OPCFHK) will investigate the cause of death of a porpoise washed up dead on a Lamma ...
A close-up of a smiling Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphinarium of the Institute of Hydrobiology. (Wang Chaoqun/Chinese Academy of Sciences) (CN) — The ever-smiling Yangtze finless porpoise ...
MEXICO CITY, June 7 (Reuters) - The world's rarest marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise, does not appear to have suffered a drop in its population since October 2021, according to new research ...
A close-up of a "smiling" Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphinarium of the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Endemic to China’s Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless ...
A pair of critically endangered vaquita porpoises swim in the Gulf of California in 2018. (Oscar Ortiz/Museo de la Ballena y Ciencias del Mar via AP) (CN) — Environmental groups sued the Interior ...
WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - The most comprehensive genetic assessment to date of the vaquita, the world's rarest marine mammal, is offering a glimmer of hope that this small tropical porpoise native ...
Q. I grew up (many years ago) on the Gulf Coast near Biloxi and was always excited when we saw porpoises in the water off the beach. Someone corrected me recently (rather rudely, I might add) and said ...
Q. I grew up (many years ago) on the Gulf Coast near Biloxi and was always excited when we saw porpoises in the water off the beach. Someone corrected me recently (rather rudely, I might add) and said ...