The number of Mexico's critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises sighted in the Gulf of California fell to between 6 and 8 this year, researchers said Tuesday, though it's possible that some ...

By Catrin Einhorn During a few weeks each year or so, an international team of scientists spends long days at sea searching for the most endangered marine mammal on Earth: the vaquita porpoise.

By Catrin Einhorn The world’s most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise called the vaquita, is hanging onto existence and appears to be benefiting from new conservation measures ...

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 ...

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a critically endangered marine mammal in the porpoise family. The name "vaquita" means "little cow" in Spanish, a reference to the marine mammal's markings.

MEXICO CITY — Against all odds, Mexico’s remaining endangered vaquita porpoises are holding on in their only habitat, the Gulf of California, according to a new research expedition report ...

MEXICO CITY - Roughly six to eight critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises were seen in 2024 in the Gulf of California. Researchers explained to the Associated Press that a couple of the ...

On March 27, Mexico was sanctioned by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of ... with its obligations to protect the vaquita porpoise and totoaba. If it determines Mexico ...

that it is seeking to avoid potential trade sanctions for failing to stop the near-extinction of the vaquita, the worlds smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. Studies estimate there ...

(Sea Shepherd Conservation Society via AP) (Uncredited, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) MEXICO CITY – Against all odds, the remaining handful of Mexico’s endangered vaquita porpoises are ...