A “Baby Shark” bath toy has been recalled in Canada because its plastic fin may cause lacerations.

Source: https://www.lacombeexpress.com/news/baby-shark-bath-toy-recalled-in-canada-due-to-laceration-hazard-for-children/

Due to the scarcity of post-whaling samples, researchers were unable to discover differences in diversity between pre- and post-whaling DNA samples from Southern Hemisphere fin whales.

Source: https://en.mercopress.com/2023/10/04/studying-the-impact-of-commercial-whaling-in-south-georgia-on-today-s-pods?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss

Giant willow aphids (Tuberolachnus salignus), pictured, are about 6mm long with a dorsal fin.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article-11769769/Action-plan-Ciar-Byrnes-essential-jobs-garden-week.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

I love the hood fin.

Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/brittany_gibson/baby-clothing-target

It houses both a busy shipping lane into Los Angeles as well as endangered blue, fin and humpback whales.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/09/whales-killed-passing-ships-save-alert-detection

Meekness is like a boat’s keel (fin) that keeps things steady and under control, especially in the most chaotic and challenging times.

Source: https://www.fortmorgantimes.com/2023/01/27/christian-character-counts-meekness/

On Saturday, local residents walking on Lepe beach in Hampshire discovered a dead shark which was later spotted without its head, tail and fin.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-65013372?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Researchers immediately knew her situation wasn’t good when they saw the unnatural “S” curve in Moon’s spine, from her dorsal fin to her fluke.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/01/16/what-happened-to-moon-the-injured-humpback-whale-hasn%ca%bbt-been-seen-in-weeks/

Ship strikes are a major threat to whales globally and to the recovery of endangered blue, fin, and humpback whales in California waters.

Source: https://gcaptain.com/global-shipping-companies-reduced-speeds-off-california-coast-to-protect-blue-whales-and-blue-skies-2/

"Someone has gone to great lengths to create a hoax Great White Shark fin.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/great-white-shark-spotted-uk-30420324

The boys grabbed a hold of the shark's back fin as waves pushed the animal towards the shore.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11601497/Teen-fisherman-praised-saving-shark-Quinns-Beach-Perth.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The look, which was also championed by David Beckham, involved a fin of hair running front-to-back across the head.

Source: https://londonist.com/london/maps/mapped-bits-of-london-that-gave-their-names-to-stuff

The pod of eight orcas included one called Splitfin, because of its distinctive fin, which had also sighted off Eden in 2009.

Source: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8249175/a-magical-experience-orcas-dance-close-to-the-shore-at-merimbula/?src=rss

The shot does not kill the fin whale instantly.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12218705/Fin-whale-puts-two-hour-battle-survive-shocking-video-blasted-harpoons.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

They hit the steering fin for 45 minutes, causing major damage and leakage.

Source: https://www.greenprophet.com/2023/11/orcas-sink-ships/

Twelve great whale species — minkes, Antarctic minkes, sei, Bryde’s, blue, fin, bowhead, gray, humpback and three species of right whale — hold an estimated 2 million metric tons of carbon in their bodies, the authors found.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-02-07/why-helping-whales-to-flourish-can-help-fight-climate-change

When whales die, their guts begin to fill with methane gas, which often causes the corpses to inflate like a balloon, float on the ocean's surface — and occasionally float onto shore like the dead fin whale.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/07/14/a-dead-62-foot-whale-spooked-examiners-when-it-made-bubbling-noises-a-warning-it-could-explode.html

You can discern an electric eel from a true eel by its missing dorsal fin, its ability to breathe air and its tendency to lay eggs in freshwater rather than saltwater.

Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/10-animal-names-that-have-you-fooled