The proposal has not yet been finalized. Officials propose disturbing new measures that could drive the world's most endangered marine mammal to extinction: 'A real threat to the future' first ...

Successful recovery of the vaquita’s limited population depends on eliminating the threat of gillnet fishing in their habitat. There are an estimated 7-10 vaquitas left in the entire world, limited to ...

Now, Mexican regulators are considering shrinking the area where gillnets are prohibited to the relatively small vaquita ...

LOS ANGELES -- The vaquita porpoise lives only in the Northern Gulf of California. They are shy animals that only hang out in small groups and because of that not many people have seen them. Vaquita ...

A lone vaquita, Phocoena sinus, in the open sea. For the first time since researchers have been tracking the vaquita, the estimated number of individuals of this nearly extinct species of porpoise has ...

Mexican officials have proposed scaling back fishing regulations meant to protect a narrow stretch of ocean home to the last 10 remaining vaquitas, the world’s smallest species of porpoise. If ...

From the vaquita – the world's rarest marine mammal – to the Sumatran rhino, discover the species facing extinction across the world ...

The U.S. Trade Representative's Office has filed the first environmental complaint against Mexico for failing to protect the critically endangered vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise. The ...

Six vaquitas are reported to have died in fishing nets over the past six months, further threatening the survival of the world's smallest and most critically endangered porpoise. Gulf of California, ...