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, ...

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 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, ...

Vaquita porpoises have limited geographical range, and their home in Mexico’s Gulf of California, or the Sea of Cortez, is also known as “The Aquarium of the World ...

The Vaquita is a book about the world's most endangered marine mammal, the Vaquita porpoise. Less than 100 remain, and this book provides information on their biology as well has how to help them.

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 vaquita-safe poachers haven’t yet attracted the attention of authorities, but Tejeda hopes to grow her group to 50 fishers by 2025. In anticipation, ...

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 ...

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.