There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 ...

Plan launched to save vaquita porpoise with just 10 left in the world 'This beloved marine mammal is on a final countdown to extinction, and it should never have come to this' ...

Only 22 vaquita marina porpoises remain in the Gulf of California, a biology professor said yesterday, warning that the species could become extinct within months. Jorge Urbán Ramírez, a ...

The vaquita-safe poachers haven’t yet attracted the attention of authorities, but Tejeda hopes to grow her group to 50 fishers by 2025. In anticipation, ...

Demonstrators with The Animal Welfare Institute hold a rally to save the vaquita, the world's smallest and most endangered porpoise, outside the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., on July 5, 2018.

The Vaquita’s journey highlights the critical intersections between wildlife conservation, human industry, and environmental stewardship. As the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the Vaquita ...

The vaquita’s plight has attracted worldwide attention and resources, with numerous international organizations joining forces to prevent its extinction. The International Committee for the Recovery ...

Let’s explore what we know about the vaquita and look at the efforts being made to revitalize the population. There are only 10 or fewer vaquitas left in the world. ©Paula Olson, NOAA, Public domain, ...

Item 1 of 2 A mother and calf vaquita, a critically endangered small tropical porpoise native to MexicoÕs Gulf of California, surface in the waters off San Felipe, Mexico in this handout picture ...

Their name in Spanish, vaquita marina, means little sea cow. The individuals observed during the survey appeared in good health. One group of four included a yearling.

According to CIRVA, an international committee tasked with monitoring the vaquita population, fewer than 30 remained by mid-2017. The vaquita was on the verge of extinction. Thus began a global ...