At the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, just 5km (3.1 miles) from the banks of the river, the preserved bodies of the ...

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 the ...

It was a seriously unlucky day for one porpoise in the coastal waters of New England earlier this month. A family that was boating in Casco Bay in Maine near Cliff Island around 3 p.m. on Aug. 19 ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

THE porpoise is a superior animal with a sense of humor, curiosity, and imagination more highly developed than that of the dog. He is a member of the whale family, whose far ancestors came out of the ...

A Maine family was visiting islands in Casco Bay last Friday when they saw something they’ve “never seen anything like” before: a great white shark feasting on a harbor porpoise off nearby Cliff ...

Anders Anglesey is a U.S. News Reporter based in London, U.K., covering crime, politics, online extremism and trending stories. Anders has covered QAnon conspiracy theorists and their links to U.S.