Introducing #MARA a new #charity dedicated to protecting #marinemammals (#whales #dolphins #porpoises #seals & #otters) off the #OuterHebrides & the wider west coast of #Scotland 🐳🐬💦 - you can find us on Facebook as #mara.sc0t or on Instagram as #mara_sc0t - please give us a like and follow!

Volunteers needed as more whales and dolphins strand alive Calls for more people to train as marine mammal medics so they can help rescue stranded animals.

Volunteers needed as more whales and dolphins strand alive https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlg4vl61kro 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Whales #Porpoises

Volunteers needed as more whales and dolphins strand alive Calls for more people to train as marine mammal medics so they can help rescue stranded animals.

More volunteers are being recruited to help rescue a growing number of #whales, #dolphins and #porpoises washing up on UK shores. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Narrow-ridged finless porpoises are more social than assumed, study finds A well-established fact of infancy in mammals is that the mother is the primary adult with whom an infant will interact. This holds true across species, from the tiniest shrew to the most massive blue whale. However, infants of many species also interact with adults who are not their parents. This is called "allomaternal behavior" and it is commonly seen in social mammals that move in groups or herds. One such allomaternal behavior is when young females without infants of their own handle and care for infants. Young females learn to raise infants, while the mother can forage for food more effectively.

Narrow-ridged finless porpoises are more social than assumed, study finds phys.org/news/2026-03-narrow-ridg... 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Porpoises #Science

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Porpoises - By Louis A. Sargent’
Frank Finn, *The Wild Beasts of the World* Vol. 2 (T.C. & E.C. Jack, London [1909?])
#wildlife #porpoises #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration
#LouisAugustusSargent (1881-1965)

⟦de Moura, Domit, & Cantor⟧ Applying the Ecological Trap Concept to Cetaceans onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70150 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Whales #Porpoises

E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are critical components of laptop, television, and smartphone screens. Given their ubiquity in the environment, these compounds are considered persistent pollutants, posing threats to marine life that scientists want to understand. Research published in Environmental Science & Technology provides initial evidence that LCMs from household electronics or electronic waste (e-waste) can accumulate in dolphin and porpoise tissues, including blubber, muscle, and brain, demonstrating their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.

E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises phys.org/news/2026-02-chemicals-d... 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Porpoises #OceanPollution

Porpoises communicate less when boats are nearby - study Porpoises make fewer "buzzes" when many vessels come close, University of Exeter research says.

'...chronic boat traffic may be limiting #porpoises' ability to feed and socialise effectively.'
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⟦Langley et al.⟧ Gray Seal Cannibalism at the Largest Colony in the World, Sable Island onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70138 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Porpoises #Science

Concerns seal and porpoise deaths could be result of fallen shipping containers www.itv.com/news/meridian/2026-01-27... 🦭 #Pinnipeds #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Seals #Porpoises #Science

In my library 📚 Delighted to come upon this comprehensive guide to #Whales #dolphins and #porpoises by conservationist Mark Carwardine whom I know personally…. #nature #conservation

An Incredible Rare Encounter with a Spectacled Porpoise! Read the full story here: buff.ly/3TzpoyE
Photo by Sara
This is an encounter from 2024
#WhaleTales #porpoises

Complementary work along the north-western Spanish coast found that many #dolphins & #porpoises stranded there showed signs of entanglement. The research was carried out by CEMMA, who presented their work on strandings – which fishers played a key role in – at our spring meeting in April.

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Meet Seaporp and Porpitude. Everybody in the Fakemon community gives whales and dolphin lots of love in their design. I'm here to get the purpoise it's time to shine. Both of these Fakemon are a water and fairy type. #oc #fakemon #cetaceans #porpoises #watertype #fairytype #digitalart #pixelart #sea

Temporal Increases in Mercury Concentrations are Associated with Increased Risk of Death by Infectious Disease in Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena Phocoena) Trace elements, particularly heavy metals like mercury, pose significant risks to marine ecosystems due to their toxic and bioaccumulative properties. Concentrations in some marine species show concer...

#Porpoises #heavymetal #cetaceans

"Using liver tissue samples of 738 UK-stranded harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) collected between 1990 and 2021, we found mercury and selenium concentrations have increased, in contrast to declines in cadmium and lead"

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The rarest porpoises on Earth are hanging on The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased

The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita #porpoises has modestly increased.

A pencil drawing showing two Vaquita porpoises swimming, the one on the right is the smaller baby, the mother is on the left side.

Weekly Sketch #265 - 9th of November. For this week I drew a Vaquita with baby, it's so sad what is happening with this kind of porpoises, I think this will be the next species of marine mammals that will go extinct. ☹️ #art #drawings #drawing #sketches #sketch #vaquita #dolphins #porpoises

Picture of confined beluga whales

China’s Captive #Cetacean Industry Is Thriving

A report reveals the continued expansion of China’s #OceanThemeParks and the serious welfare issues faced by over 1,300 captive #whales, #dolphins, and #porpoises.

#China #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

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EIA Senior Ocean Campaigner Sarah Dolman has highlighted the deadly toll of bycatch – on dolphins and porpoises in European waters at a special breakfast meeting in the European Parliament.

Read Catch of the Day at https://loom.ly/z1ouzdQ

#whales #dolphins #porpoises #bycatch #Europe #EU

#Porpoises from Point of Ayr this morning, Hilbre Island in the background. Two of three seen. Seeing them quite regularly along the coast of North Wales when the sea is nice and calm. @whalesorg.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk

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#cetaceans #dolphins #whales #porpoises #sonar

See the rare species scientists are breeding in China’s longest river Scientists have called for additional measures to regulate shipping on the Yangtze River.

🧪 🇨🇳 Disappearing like dominos’: Scientists seek to save endangered species in China’s longest river

#China #porpoises #Science

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⟦Onay et al.⟧ Assessing microplastic pollution in marine mammals: evidence from three cetacean species in the southeastern Black Sea www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/... 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins […]

Cetacean - Marine Mammals, Aquatic Adaptations, Conservation | Britannica Cetacean - Marine Mammals, Aquatic Adaptations, Conservation: Cetaceans are carnivorous aquatic mammals distributed in all oceans and some river systems. All are social to some extent, and many exhibit epimeletic behavior. Play is a common behavior. Many species are menaced by human activities. Cetaceans sounds can be roughly divided into communication and echolocation signals.

Cetacean - Marine Mammals, Aquatic Adaptations, Conservation www.britannica.com/animal/cetacean/Natural-... 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Dolphins #Science #Porpoises

The UK’s action to prevent whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine mammals dying as a result of being caught in fishing nets – bycatch – has spared it from US Government trade sanctions on fish products.

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#UK #USA #fishing #bycatch #whales #dolphins #porpoises #oceans

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⟦Onay et al.⟧ Assessing microplastic pollution in marine mammals: evidence from three cetacean species in the southeastern Black Sea www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/... 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins […]

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Just 10 vaquitas remain worldwide. Now, a report has blamed Mexico for leading the rare porpoise towards extinction www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/ju... 🐬 #Cetaceans […]

⟦Moyes et al.⟧ Factors associated with bycatch of marine mammals in United Kingdom static net fisheries academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/82/8/fsa... 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Porpoises #Seals #Pinnipeds #Byctach

Comparing visual and acoustic detectability of two coastal cetacean species off Sindhudurg, India, to better inform integrated survey protocol - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Comparing visual and acoustic detectability of two coastal cetacean species off Sindhudurg, India, to better inform integrated survey protocol

⟦Bopardikar et al.⟧ Comparing visual and acoustic detectability of two coastal cetacean species off Sindhudurg, India, to better inform integrated survey protocol https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-98691-9 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Porpoises

Volunteers remove ropes from an entangled whale stranded on Raasay

Rescuers attempting to save stranded pilot whales at Anstruther in Fife in 2012

Scientists investigate surge in whale and dolphin strandings 🎥

...possible causes include #chemical, #plastic and #noisepollution and accidental entanglements in #fishinggear

#Glasgow #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Cetaceans #UniversityOfGlasgow #Whales #Dolphins #Porpoises #Marinelife

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