A pair of critically endangered vaquita porpoises swim in the Gulf of California in 2018. (Oscar Ortiz/Museo de la Ballena y Ciencias del Mar via AP) MEXICO CITY (CN) — The resilient little vaquita ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 are threatened with extinction. On that list are 17,903 marine species that ...

In a situation which experts are calling “deeply serious and mildly concerning,” the vaquita porpoise, previously believed to be one of the rarest marine mammals on Earth, has now announced tentative ...

Successful recovery of the vaquita’s limited population depends on eliminating the threat of gillnet fishing in their habitat. There are an estimated 7-10 vaquitas left in the entire world, limited to ...

Heidy looking at data while overlooking out into the ocean. In the northernmost waters of the Gulf of California, a ghost drifts through the waves. Seldom seen, almost myth-like, the vaquita is the ...

A new survey found a larger-than-expected population of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise whose collapse has generated international contempt toward Mexico. Researchers in ...

NEW DELHI— The UNESCO World Heritage Committee renewed its call today for urgent action to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise in Mexico. With merely six to eight individuals estimated ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided today to maintain the “in danger” status for the last remaining habitat of the vaquita porpoise and the totoaba fish. Only 10 vaquitas ...

According to a report from Mongabay, government agencies in Mexico are developing a proposal that would reduce the size of a "zero-tolerance area" where all fishing and vessel traffic are currently ...

The International Whaling Commission released its first-ever extinction alert Monday to warn of the potential danger facing the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Known to be the smallest of ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The global fight to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita, has crossed the border into San Diego. 10News Anchor Kimberly Hunt has reported on the efforts to ...