The vaquita porpoise is one of the most endangered animals on the planet. By 2024, the vaquita population had dropped to ...

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 ...

New Delhi, India —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 ...

Noting the serious concern about the perilous state of vaquitas, we urge all governments attending CITES to raise the ongoing situation regarding illegal fishing in the Gulf of California and Mexico’s ...

Though dolphins and vaquitas may seem alike, these marine mammals differ greatly in behavior, habitat, and conservation ...

The near-extinct vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, has not yet disappeared from its habitat off the coast of Mexico, a research team said Wednesday after spotting six of them. The vaquita ...

Much to conservationists' dismay, Mexico has lifted a wholesale ban on fishing in the northern Gulf of California, a policy change that could represent the beginning of the end for the world's rarest ...

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 ...

The government of Mexico and the global conservation community must urgently focus all efforts on ensuring a gillnet-free Upper Gulf of California and protecting vaquita habitat. Mexico City, 10 ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided to list the Sea of Cortez and its islands in Mexico’s Gulf of California, the only place where the critically endangered vaquita is known to occur, on ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan— The UNESCO World Heritage Committee today approved an “in danger” designation for an area of Mexico that is the last remaining home of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise and ...