Characteristics: The porpoises have a small, triangular dorsal fin; the bottlenose dolphin's fin is larger and more sharply curved. Feeding: Porpoises use acoustic senses to find prey such as ...

GLOUCESTER, MASS. — Five months ago, the baby harbor porpoise’s future was bleak. Separated from his mother, emaciated and near death, the young porpoise was about to be euthanized on t… ...

Dolphins are usually larger than porpoises and have a distinctive snout or “beak,” which is narrower and more pointed than a porpoise. Their dorsal fin is curved.

They also have a hooked or dorsal fin while the porpoise tends to have a more triangular dorsal fin. Skip to content. KRON4. San Francisco 50 ...

The Yangtze finless porpoise looks distinct, with a short snout, dark gray color and signature lack of a dorsal fin, which sets it apart from its dolphin relatives.

Drone footage shows that porpoises may be more social and cooperative than previously thought. When sailing along on the seas and you suddenly spot a porpoise's fin in the distance, chances are ...

The porpoises were male babies, their age clear by their not-yet-firm dorsal fin, small hairs on their upper jaws and an open umbilicus from where they had been attached to their mother.

The world's smallest marine mammal, the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, has dwindled to a population of only 10, making sightings of the animals extremely rare. A new study sheds light on ...

Now, researchers from the University of Rotterdam have examined the photos and are trying to learn more about the unusual creature. While the harbor porpoise is one of the most common cetaceans in ...

Fishermen in the North Sea did take photos of the dead conjoined porpoise trapped in a net, and now Dutch biologists have reached a few conclusions. First two-headed porpoise discovered but tossed ...