What's the rarest ocean animal? Discover the rare and endangered ocean animals along with those that are rare because they're ...

Heidy looking at data while overlooking out into the ocean. In the northernmost waters of the Gulf of California, a ghost drifts through the waves. Seldom seen, almost myth-like, the vaquita is the ...

Washington, DC—Only six to eight critically endangered vaquita may remain on the planet, the Mexican government announced last week in reporting the results of a new survey. Compared to the 8 to 13 ...

A pair of critically endangered vaquita porpoises swim in the Gulf of California in 2018. (Oscar Ortiz/Museo de la Ballena y Ciencias del Mar via AP) MEXICO CITY (CN) — The resilient little vaquita ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Delhi, India —The UNESCO World Heritage Committee renewed its call today for urgent action to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise in Mexico. With merely six to eight individuals ...

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 endemic ...

BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico — A fish whose bladder is prized as a source of health — and the porpoises caught in the nets used to catch it — are the focus of global efforts to keep them from being fished ...