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Yangtze Finless Porpoise: The World's Only Freshwater Porpoise
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Yangtze finless porpoise lacks the dorsal fin that you'd typically find on a marine cetacean....
Orcas are harassing and playing with baby porpoises in deadly game that has lasted 60 years
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoScientists may have finally figured out why a population of orcas in the Salish Sea have been...
Mystery behind killer whales killing porpoises without eating them finally unravelled
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA decades-long mystery behind killer whales harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming...
Cape Porpoise Pier rebuild project hinges on special town meeting vote in Kennebunkport
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — A special town meeting regarding the reconstruction of the Cape Porpoise Pier...
‘Critically Endangered’ porpoises spotted in Yangtze River in aerial footage
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA pair of “Critically Endangered” porpoises have been spotted swimming in the Yangtze River in...
The vaquita porpoise nears extinction from gillnet entanglement
Newsy via AOL· 10 months agoA vaquita porpoise. For the first time in its 70-year history, the International Whaling Commission...
Against the odds, world's most endangered porpoise resists extinction in Mexico's Gulf of California
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAgainst all odds, the remaining handful of Mexico’s endangered vaquita porpoises are holding on in...
Usually fatal encounter turns ‘very rare pairing’ into ‘best friends’ off UK coast
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoA trio of marine animals leapt out of the water and soared through the air off the coast of the U.K....
‘Shy and elusive’ sea creature — with unusual ‘snow-white’ coloring — seen in Holland
Miami Herald via AOL· 10 months agoScott Campbell and Ian Rutter were on the water off the coast of Holland when they noticed something...
For toothed whales, sound production is all in the nose
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDolphins, porpoises, killer whales, sperm whales and other toothed whales produce an array of sounds...