With fewer than 10 individuals left alive and captive breeding off the table, the vaquita has almost no margin for error. A ...

Drone footage from September 2025 confirmed a mother vaquita swimming with a calf in Mexico's Upper Gulf of California, a rare signal of reproduction in a population estimated at fewer than ten ...

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 ...

Scientists have created detailed 3D models of a vaquita skeleton, digitally preserving one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals. The project supports research and public awareness, but it ...

The vaquita porpoise, the world’s smallest marine mammal, is on the brink of extinction, with 10 or fewer still living in Mexico’s Gulf of California, their sole habitat. But a genetic analysis by a ...

“There’s no money and people are looking for ways to survive,” Jesus Montezuma said. “One can’t go fishing; they [the Mexican government] don’t let us go out and work.” Montezuma is a fisherman in San ...

Research published in the academic journal Mammal Review has uncovered the missing link in the depleting population of the vaquita. With a body less than 1.5 m long, the vaquita is the smallest living ...

The vaquita porpoise, one of the world's most endangered animals, could become extinct within a year if fishing nets continue being used illegally, a university in Scotland warned on Wednesday.

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 vaquita porpoise, the world's smallest marine mammal, is on the brink of extinction, with 10 or fewer still living in Mexico's Gulf of California, their sole habitat. But a genetic analysis by a ...