Expert marine mammal researchers spotted up to 10 of the porpoises during a recent survey in the Upper Gulf of California.

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 ...

(KGTV) — What's left of the world's Vaquita calls the Gulf of California home. In the northern portion of the gulf, the porpoise's fate has become much like that of other cetaceans (whales, dolphins, ...

Prior to its discovery in 1958, no one knew what a vaquita was. Almost 60 years later, there is a possibility that we may never see one again. The vaquita, or “little cow” in Spanish, is a type of ...

Washington, DC—Only six to eight critically endangered vaquita may remain on the planet, the Mexican government announced last week in reporting the results of a new survey. Compared to the 8 to 13 ...

Experts say the Vaquita porpoise not likely to survive, although its habitat is just south of San Diego in the Sea of Cortez. KGTV — (KGTV) — A couple of hours south of the border, beneath the surface ...

As the sun crept above the horizon, CBS News' Don Dahler headed out in the Gulf of California with a disparate group of volunteers, veterinarians and marine biologists on a difficult -- some would say ...

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 ...

SAN FELIPE, Baja California — The activist sailors aboard Sea Shepherd’s big, white patrol ship in northern Mexico’s Sea of Cortez come from all over the world. A recent crew included volunteers from ...

WWF has taken the first-ever photograph of the face of a living vaquita - the world's smallest and most critically endangered porpoise. Gulf of California, Mexico - As the last afternoon of a ...

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 ...

To protect one of the most endangered species in the world, an international trade court judge ordered the Trump administration Thursday to ban all seafood harvested with gill nets in Mexico’s ...