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

The smallest mammals on Earth are vanishing faster than most people realize, and the line between survival and oblivion has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seahorse, the new vessel of Sea Shepherd, is pictured near San Felipe, in the Gulf of California, Baja California state By ...

Millions of dollars and two decades of conservation efforts have failed to protect the Gulf of California's critically endangered vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus). Vaquitas, the world's smallest ...

On 12 October, Mexico’s government, with the support of Mexican and international experts and scientists, will begin an unprecedented effort to save the vaquita, the world’s most critically endangered ...

KGTV — (KGTV) — A ship with the non-profit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was violently attacked by poachers just a few hours south of San Diego in the Sea of Cortez, in an area known as the ...

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

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 ...

Mexicali, Mexico, 28 October 2008—In response to the urgent need to save the vaquita porpoise, the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States asked the Commission for Environmental ...

Six vaquitas are reported to have died in fishing nets over the past six months, further threatening the survival of the world's smallest and most critically endangered porpoise. Gulf of California, ...

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 ...

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 ...