In Mexico’s Gulf of California, fewer than 20 vaquitas remain — a living ghost on the edge of extinction. Marine biologist ...

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SAN FELIPE, Baja Mexico (NEWS 8) - Scientists have decided to halt their efforts to capture endangered vaquita porpoises on the Sea of Cortez. The announcement followed the death of an adult female ...

The vaquita (pronounced VA-Keeta) is the smallest, and most endangered, whale species in the world. It reaches a maximum length of 5 feet and weighs less than 120 lbs. Vaquitas are easily ...

The following script is from "The Last Vaquitas" which aired on May 22, 2016. Sharyn Alfonsi is the correspondent. David Schneider and Joyce Gesundheit, producer. You would think the most endangered ...

Vaquita, the world’s rarest marine mammal, has survived another year. The population remains "stable" according to monitoring crews, but the 2024 number is the lowest result ever recorded. During the ...

LA JOLLA, Calif.— Scientists announced today that only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world and that the animal’s extinction is virtually assured without bold and immediate action. The ...

Over the past decade, vaquita numbers plummeted from 576 to just ten individuals because of a rise in the illegal totoaba trade. Alfokrads via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 The vaquita ...

A rare fish, the Totoaba, faces extinction due to illegal fishing for its valuable swim bladder, called fish maw. This ...

The vaquita, a tiny marine mammal found in the Gulf of California, is almost extinct. Scientists estimate that there are only about ten left. For International Save the Vaquita Day, we spoke to ...