Mexico's Gulf of California — one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — teems with 891 species of fish and a third of the world's cetacean species, including the smallest and most endangered ...

Out of five vaquita found dead this past spring, three were killed in illegal gill nets. Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures / National Geographic Creative I spent a few days walking the dry ...

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 ...

They have a stocky body, rounded head, and no beak. Their backs are dark grey, while their bellies are lighter grey ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shortly after scientists discovered the species in 1950, they realized it was in trouble. Vaquitas were regularly ...

While some focus on patrols of the vaquita habitat, others maintain it’s more important to fight the international wildlife ...

At least three vaquita were found dead in the spring of 2016; all bore evidence of scarring due to entanglement in nets. By 2018, as few as 20 vaquitas remained as a result of entanglement in gillnet ...

In support of this record, the detailed submission documents Mexico’s failure to enforce its laws, including Articles 55 and 56 of the 1975 General Wildlife Act, which banned totoaba fishing, and a ...

The vaquita is the most endangered marine mammal on the planet. Countless vaquitas have been drowned in gillnets, which is their biggest single threat. While only a few vaquitas remain, recent ...

Mexico's Gulf of California — one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — teems with 891 species of fish and a third of the world's cetacean species, including the smallest and most endangered ...