The vaquita porpoise is one of the most endangered animals on the planet. By 2024, the vaquita population had dropped to fewer than 10 individuals, making the species’ extinction seem almost certain.

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 of ...

Swimming off the coast of Mexico in the Gulf of California live the few remaining vaquitas on earth. This endangered cetacean is not only the smallest porpoise species, but the most rare. Where there ...

Unchecked gillnetting has pushed the world’s smallest porpoise to the brink of extinction: there are roughly 10 vaquitas remaining in the Gulf of California in Mexico. However, they retain enough ...

Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho was in mourning. Beyond the windows of his hillside house in Ensenada, Mexico, the sun glinted brilliantly off the waters of the Pacific, but he'd drawn the curtains closed. In ...

Vaquitas are among the most endangered animals on the planet, with only 10 individuals left alive. Related to harbor porpoises, the mammals measure about five feet in length, small enough to be ...

SAN FELIPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA - An international team of experts has gathered in San Felipe, Mexico at the request of the Mexican government (SEMARNAT) and has begun a bold, compassionate plan known as ...