In Mexico’s Gulf of California, fewer than 20 vaquitas remain — a living ghost on the edge of extinction. Marine biologist ...

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 ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 are threatened with extinction. On that list are 17,903 marine species that ...

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 ...

Mexican officials and the conservation group Sea Shepherd said Monday that experts will set out in two ships in a bid to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world’s most endangered marine ...

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 ...

A new survey found a larger-than-expected population of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise whose collapse has generated international contempt toward Mexico. Researchers in ...

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership has welcomed a new international report highlighting the issue of Mexican shrimp ...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided today to maintain the “in danger” status for the last remaining habitat of the vaquita porpoise and the totoaba fish. Only 10 vaquitas ...

GENEVA— The Secretariat to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora today announced trade sanctions against Mexico for its failure to control illegal fishing ...

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 ...