Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common ...

Mexico announced plans Friday to use trained dolphins to corral the last remaining vaquita marina porpoises into a protected breeding ground, a last-ditch bid to save the critically endangered species ...

For years, scientists feared the vaquita porpoise would quietly vanish from the planet — another species lost before most people even learned its name. Found only in a small stretch of the upper Gulf ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Thursday it will use buoys to mark the reserve of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, in a bid to save the last remaining 10 or so vaquita marina ...

This undated photo provided by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a vaquita porpoise. The number of Mexico’s critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises sighted in the Gulf ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gillnet fishing in the upper Sea of Cortez has pushed the vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise, to the brink of extinction, according to an environmental report published ...

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 ...

A vaquita marina, a critically endangered porpoise of which about 20 are believed to remain, was found dead in a fish net off the coast of Mexico, environmentalists said Thursday. Two patrol ships ...

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. But it is possible that some of the ...