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I recognized immediately that it belonged to the vaquita, a species of porpoise found only in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California. Its eyes are airbrushed in shadows, ringed by a white ...

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 ...

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

The current rate of decline is much higher. Statement in Response to MOU Signed by Mexican Government, Leonardo DiCaprio and Carlos Slim to Protect Vaquita Porpoise The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) ...

NEW DELHI— 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 estimated ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it will ban imports of Mexican shrimp and other seafood caught in the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise.

They are shy and elusive. They are tinier than a dolphin. And they are disappearing fast. Despite heroic efforts, vaquita porpoises are dying at astounding rates in illegal fishing nets in their ...