Recent monitoring in Mexico’s Gulf of California has detected the presence of vaquita on 41 occasions, suggesting that ...

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 number of Mexico’s critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises sighted in the Gulf of California has fallen to between 6 and 8 this year, Sea Shepherd researchers said Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

The smallest type of porpoise, the vaquita measures just 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) in length and is typically hard to spot. "These vaquita porpoises are very shy. They hardly ever appear ...

The vaquita is one of the most endangered species on Earth. Researchers estimate there are likely fewer than 30 of the mini-porpoises surviving in Mexico’s Gulf of California.

The world’s smallest, most-endangered porpoise finds itself tangled in gillnets and black-market Chinese medicine, but the Mexican Navy and the U.S. Navy’s trained dolphins are trying to come ...

Mexico may reduce protection for the world's most endangered marine mammals, vaquita marina porpoises 07:18 A species at risk . Last year's report had raised hopes for the species, which lives ...

MEXICO CITY – Researchers were thrilled to have captured one of the few remaining vaquita porpoises, but announced Sunday that the adult female died after a few hours in captivity in a floating ...

The world's smallest marine mammal, the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, has dwindled to a population of only 10, making sightings of the animals extremely rare. A new study sheds light on ...

SAN FELIPE, Baja Mexico (CBS News 8) -- One of the last remaining vaquita porpoise has died just hours after being captured by scientists off San Felipe in Baja, Mexico. The endangered marine mamm ...