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There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 ...
According to CIRVA, an international committee tasked with monitoring the vaquita population, fewer than 30 remained by mid-2017. The vaquita was on the verge of extinction. Thus began a global ...
The vaquita population survey cruise ends December 3. CIRVA will then analyze the data and issue a new population estimate by May 1, 2016. Whatever the number, ...
The nets are also lethal for the Vaquita, a rare porpoise that is the world’s smallest marine mammal, which have been driven to the brink of extinction with less than 15 left in the world.
If vaquita deaths as bycatch decline by 80%, 62% of the population could still go extinct, according to the study. “The survival of the individuals, and the species, is in our hands.
The vaquita, also known as the California harbor porpoise, is the smallest cetacean and makes its home in the northern part of the Gulf of California. Over the decades, ...
The vaquita marina, or little sea cow, only lives in the uppermost part of the Sea of Cortez. Vaquita’s last stand: The struggle to save the world’s rarest marine animal Skip to main content ...
Save the vaquitas: Tracking the world's most endangered marine mammal 03:55. The number of Mexico's critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises sighted in the Gulf of California fell to between ...
Mexico outlined steps to protect the totoaba fish and vaquita porpoise after it was sanctioned by an international body, but it's challenged by criminal networks.
Their name in Spanish, vaquita marina, means little sea cow. The individuals observed during the survey appeared in good health. One group of four included a yearling.
The legality of vaquita marina sightseeing tourism is a tangled web of legal restrictions, ecological concerns, and ethical dilemmas. This species, known as the world's smallest porpoise and ...