porpoise
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The specimen was donated to the museum in 1966 and has now become the basis for an exceptionally detailed digital record of the rare porpoise.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
A viewing gallery will show everything from penguin health checks to ultrasounds on pregnant aardvarks and even porpoise post-mortems - things never before seen publicly in the UK.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Not only that, but over the last five years of records, porpoise numbers have gone up by nearly a quarter.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
So the finless porpoise doesn't end up like this, Professor Wang and other scientists are hoping that the current complete fishing ban will continue after the initial 10 years is up.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
The second was a girl aboard a Caribbean cruise ship in 1939, who threw her cigarette lighter at a porpoise.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
A recent report by Wildlife and Countryside Link found thousands of protected seabirds, more than 1,000 porpoises and dolphins, and dozens of whales were dying through bycatch each year.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
At roughly 5 feet long, it is the smallest member of the cetacean group, which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
The disease is highly contagious and spreads easily among dolphins, whales, and porpoises causing severe disease and mass deaths.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Roughly 6 million common dolphins inhabit tropical and temperate waters worldwide, making them the most numerous members of the cetacean family, which includes whales and porpoises.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025
Beached whales, porpoises caught in fishing nets, mermaids with hangnails— they’d call me to come underwater and help.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
For nearly four hours, first in great confusion and then heartrending resignation, the saga played out on CNN as the Learjet porpoised through the air.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 25, 2018
With wheels up, Moskva porpoised off a knoll, slammed down on her belly just beyond.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he porpoised back he predicted: "I'll flatten dat bum wit' one punch."
From Time Magazine Archive
Blue-wing olives swarmed over the water, and beneath them, pods of big rainbow trout porpoised all around me, their noses and backs and tails breaking the surface while they fed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gentoo penguins porpoised along beside the boat as they raised the sail and plunged forward into the rolling waves.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
McLaren team chief Andrea Stella explained that the disqualification of both cars, for excessive wear of the skid blocks, was a result of an unexpected level of "porpoising... exacerbated by the conditions" in Nevada.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Over the past few years, as a consequence of the rule change and improved understanding of the current cars by teams, porpoising has become pretty rare.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
“I think porpoising is not a topic anymore,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
At least the ground effect — known as porpoising — which hindered the team so much in 2022 seems to have been eradicated.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
And—the layman may note it—with expert men at the periscope and diving-rudder, a porpoising sub can sight, discharge her torpedo, and dive—all within five seconds.
From The U-boat hunters by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
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