Dick Van Dyke recalled falling asleep and seeing "fins" while out on his surfboard, but then the unexpected happened.

The Yangtze finless porpoise is one of the most endangered animals in China. Found only in China’s Yangtze River and nearby ...

A severely emaciated porpoise calf found on Texel Thursday afternoon was euthanized after rescue attempts failed, SOS Dolfijn ...

All porpoises are smaller than the largest dolphins, which can be more than 10 feet long. The two common names are used interchangeably in various parts of the world, often depending on local custom.

And while each case is heartbreaking on its own, it's part of a much bigger pattern. Experts make 'most distressing' ...

A porpoise’s forehead acts like a ‘metamaterial’ to create the directional sound beam used by the marine mammals to detect and track prey, claim researchers in the US and China. The acoustics experts ...

People across the UK are being invited to take part in nationwide effort to spot whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Porpoises, in contrast, are less likely to have close encounters with humans. (No drama, no record.) Instead, sightings were typically by local, less-educated anglers or wealthy travelers — who ...

To help save them from extinction, The Living Desert on Saturday hosted a “Party with a Porpoise” at its Discovery Center in recognition of International Save the Vaquita Day.

Scientists have documented what might be the first case of friendly interactions between killer whales and smaller cetaceans.

The porpoise appears to have been buried in a formal fashion, with the body laid neatly in a near East-West orientation. (Philip de Jersey) That makes a lot of sense.

The Porpoise is full of death and darkness, but Haddon uses them as vehicles to deliver keen observations on the nature of loss, depression, judgment, and cowardice.Some of the men here act in ...