which has only increased as the totoaba itself has become endangered. Baja fishermen go after the totoaba with gill nets, now illegal, which also rake in the vaquita. Scientists have sounded the ...

But just because a species has an endangered designation does not mean it will automatically be protected. In the case of the vaquita, the designation has changed nothing for the population.

Front and center on all of them is the tiny, critically endangered porpoise known as the vaquita. Identified only 50 years ago, the vaquita is endemic to Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. Reaching a ...

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

This young female vaquita, known as V01F, was captured during the VaquitaCPR mission, an emergency effort to place some of the endangered cetaceans in protected seapens. VaquitaCPR V01F appeared ...

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 ...

The combination of these threats, along with the lack of effective and sustained actions, has brought the vaquita marina to a critical situation, making it the most endangered marine mammal in the ...

A small porpoise, known as a vaquita, can only be found in the wild at the northern end of the Gulf of California. Because there are so few left, it's been called the world's "most endangered ...

Statement in Response to MOU Signed by Mexican Government, Leonardo DiCaprio and Carlos Slim to Protect Vaquita Porpoise The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) cautiously welcomes the Memorandum of ...

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 ...