Caption: Underwater recording of an echolocating harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) catching a fish with a buzz that involves 400 clicks/second. Real-time video. Credit line: Fjord & Bælt Center ...

The porpoises are at risk from the same threats that the Baiji faced – including loss of food sources and boat collisions. Porpoises play an important role in keeping their environment healthy. They ...

The nets are designed to trap the heads of fish but not their bodies, but are blamed for trapping and killing the porpoises as well. Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who has campaigned to save ...

The reappearance of the rare fish provides an opportunity for conservation efforts.

But fishing is proving deadly for harbour porpoises. When trapped in gillnets – a type of net that catches fish by trapping them through their gills – the porpoises suffocate and die. Bycatch ...

The reappearance of the rare fish provides an opportunity for conservation efforts. Despite the application of conservation ...

The scientific name Phocoena is from the Latin word “porpoise” or “pig fish.” Sinus means “cavity,” a reference to the Gulf of California. Put together, Phocoena sinus is the “porpoise of the Gulf of ...

These cute little porpoises are only about five feet long ... The netting is big enough for many fish and marine species to get their heads through, but not their entire bodies.

his administration has sat by and watched these tiny porpoises spiral toward oblivion. But money matters, and this embargo should finally get Mexico’s attention.” Vaquita numbers plunged from around ...

BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have successfully assembled the chromosomal-level genome of the critically endangered Ochetobius elongatus, a rare fish species from the Yangtze River.

Sarah Jane Goodall A dead porpoise was also found washed up. Other fish such as dogfish and sole have also been found. Enforcement officers from the three organisations collected further samples ...