Critter Science

The Spectacled Porpoise

13 August, 2024
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The spectacled porpoise is a small to medium sized, very understudied porpoise species indigenous to the temperate, sub-Antarctic, and Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. The reason they are so poorly studied is due

The Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise

6 December, 2023
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The Indo-Pacific finless porpoise can be found in the coastal waters of Asia, specifically the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Preferring a soft and/or sandy bottom, they can also be found dwelling in shallow bays, mangroves,

The Harbor Porpoise

24 August, 2022
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The harbor porpoise, aka common porpoise or puffing pig, can be found throughout the North Atlantic, Arctic Oceans, North Pacific, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. They prefer bays, estuaries

The Critically Endangered Vaquita

11 February, 2022
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The vaquita, aka Cochito, Gulf of California porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, gulf porpoise, or desert porpoise, is the smallest known cetacean with the smallest range

The Yangtze Finless Porpoise

20 January, 2022
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The Yangtze finless porpoise, aka Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, black porpoise, black finless porpoise, Jiangzhun (river piglet), Shushuk (porpoise), or limbur, is a cetacean found