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

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

LOS ANGELES -- The vaquita porpoise lives only in the Northern Gulf of California. They are shy animals that only hang out in small groups and because of that not many people have seen them. Vaquita ...

For the first time since researchers have been tracking the vaquita, the estimated number of individuals of this nearly extinct species of porpoise has increased. Vaquitas, found only in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marine researchers recently spotted up to 10 critically endangered vaquita porpoises during a survey in Mexico's Upper Gulf of ...

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The Vaquita Marina is a very small cetacean that inhabits only the upper Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. Its peaceful existence has begun to be threatened mainly by nets ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swimming off the coast of Mexico in the Gulf of California live the few remaining vaquitas on earth. This endangered cetacean is not only the smallest porpoise species, but the most rare. Where there ...