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

"What we're seeing is so encouraging." Researchers encouraged after many rare sightings of critically endangered species: 'It's the time to work on the human dimension of the problem' first appeared ...

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

Each May since 2015, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has undertaken a difficult mission. For three weeks, they search the oceans for the world’s rarest cetaceans, the vaquita porpoise. The ...

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 ...

An international investigation uncovers how criminal networks traffick parts of the totoaba, an endangered fish caught in ...

For the first time in its 70-year history, the International Whaling Commission has issued an "extinction alert." Known as the world’s tiniest porpoise, the vaquita is facing the potential danger of ...

ABC 10News anchor Kimberly Hunt travels to Mexico and spends time with researchers aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel as they ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

LOS ANGELES -- The vaquita porpoise lives only in the Northern Gulf of California. They are shy animals that only hang out in small groups and because of that not many people have seen them. Vaquita ...

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