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, ...
Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska has you covered — in “mystery bones.” Park officials shared photos of a series of bones that had “stumped” rangers and archeologists and encouraged the park’s ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Belgium is home to diverse wildlife across various habitats such as forests, wetlands, and coastal areas. Key species include ...
(Photo courtesy of Jennifer Crespo) The vaquita, which means “little cow” in Spanish, is the world’s smallest porpoise and lives within 1,500 square miles of the northern Gulf of California.
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 ...
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 ...