European law says that decommissioned oil rigs can’t be left where they are… but new scientific research suggests that that might be the best place for them, as far as sea life is concerned. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s estimated that there are only 10 vaquita porpoises left in the world. Photos: IWC Each May since 2015, the Sea Shepherd ...

Harbor porpoises were once found across a much wider area of the Baltic Sea than they are today, including regions where they are now rare or absent. This is shown in a new study that uses ...

LOS ANGELES -- The vaquita porpoise lives only in the Northern Gulf of California. They are shy animals that only hang out in small groups and because of that not many people have seen them. Vaquita ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The conservation group ...

SENDAI, Japan — Rescuers have returned a stranded baby porpoise to the sea after it was found splashing in an inland rice paddy where it was heaved earlier this month by Japan's massive tsunami. A ...

Around the world, fishermen use low-cost nets that sit like fences on coastal seafloors. Known as set gill nets, this type of gear is highly effective at catching fish when the mesh snags them by ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --New survey results suggest harbor porpoises are on the decline in the German North Sea. Scientists worry the findings, published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, may ...