porpoise

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

It is the porpoise numbers, however, that tell the most convincing story.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

"We're saving the finless porpoise to save the Yangtze River," says Wang Ding.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025

She had fins; she was as slick as a porpoise.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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 devices produce sounds audible only to porpoises and dolphins, which can deter them from approaching fishing nets.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

"But now there is evidence from both direct observations and also from strandings data, that it also occurs between grey seals and harbour porpoises, and common dolphins," said Langley.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

Other North Atlantic cetaceans, including harbor porpoises and bottlenose dolphins, may be facing similar pressures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025

Lapita people depended heavily on seafood, including fish, porpoises, sea turtles, sharks, and shellfish.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

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

When he porpoised back he predicted: "I'll flatten dat bum wit' one punch."

From Time Magazine Archive

With wheels up, Moskva porpoised off a knoll, slammed down on her belly just beyond.

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

Stella said: "Unfortunately, we also saw that, because of the car operating window and the circuit characteristics, most of these actions were not effective enough in reducing porpoising."

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

The stewards' report said that McLaren argued that "there was additional and unexpected porpoising at this event, limited opportunity to test due to the weather on day one, and shortened practice sessions".

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

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

When they stay up it is easy enough, but when they are porpoising, shooting it up for just a look around, you have to be looking right at one.

From The U-boat hunters by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)