Researchers have found hedgehog bodies are full of environmental pollutants, including some of the most hazardous to human ...

“One particular taonga that we're interested in is a dolphin or porpoise tooth necklace, we're not 100% sure what it is, that was excavated in the [19]40s and taken away to Canterbury University ...

Some toothed whales use only their teeth to capture and grab prey and ... 77 species of toothed whale (including dolphins and porpoises), compared with only 15 baleen whale species.

"Every specimen of this endangered species is vital to its genetic diversity." Wildlife officers step in after endangered ...

In the wild, they attack porpoises by ramming them at high speeds, sometimes fatally. Powerful jaws and sharp teeth make them capable of inflicting serious wounds, especially when they feel ...

Spinner dolphins have up to 240 teeth, while Risso's dolphins have only ... Along with other marine mammals — like whales, seals, sea lions and porpoises — dolphins must go to the surface ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping street on the outskirts of ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act safeguards all marine mammals, including cetaceans like whales, dolphins and porpoises ... predator with small but sharp teeth and are capable of stripping ...

Spinner dolphins have up to 240 teeth, while Risso's dolphins have only 14 ... Along with other marine mammals — like whales, seals, sea lions and porpoises — dolphins must go to the surface to ...

Their narrow snouts, lined with numerous sharp, interlocking teeth, are designed to trap fish ... usually on a beach. Dolphins and porpoises are among the other aquatic creatures that have been ...