Millions of animals are at risk, but what are the rarest animals in the world? These are some of the most endangered animals, ...

Twenty-five totoaba were caught before law enforcement were able to remove the nets, according to the Mexican government. The ...

This earless seal, occurring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, is critically endangered by plastic pollution, marine debris, and historic hunting. Found from Japan to California, these seals are ...

Only 10 vaquitas remain in the world, all in a small area of Mexico, and the committee urged Mexico to immediately adopt corrective measures to save the critically endangered porpoise. In 2019 the ...

In 1975, after the totoaba was declared endangered, Mexico outlawed fishing for it. But the work is easier, more lucrative, and less risky than drug trafficking, so totoaba fishing continues—as ...

MONTREAL— After a two-year delay, the Council of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement finally voted today to investigate Mexico’s failure to protect its critically endangered and endemic vaquita ...

After years of rapid decline, the latest census shows that the population of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise has remained almost stable in recent years – dropping very slightly to ...

Spectacled porpoises are thought to live in the remote oceanic region surrounding Antarctica. Little is known about the lives of these animals, so Museum scientists are endeavouring to learn all they ...

In actuality, many marine species are decreasing at an alarming rate and are considered endangered. All manner of marine species are affected, including cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), ...

Ghost gear could be responsible for up to 30% of the decline in marine species, including seals, sharks, turtles—and the critically endangered porpoise. As endangered animals increase their ...