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

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

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 ...

The vaquita may be the world’s rarest — and most endangered — animal. The vaquita is a small porpoise that mainly inhabits the northern region of the Gulf of California in Mexico. Researchers estimate ...

In this photo courtesy of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a vaquita marina swims in the Biosphere Reserve of the Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta, in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY - Roughly six to eight critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises were seen in 2024 in the Gulf of California. Researchers explained to the Associated Press that a couple of the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Mexico’s Environment Department made promises to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise, but has failed to fulfill them in the past. There are estimated to be as few as eight vaquitas left in ...

About a dozen vaquitas were spotted on a recent scientific expedition in the Gulf of California - Copyright AFP ANGELA WEISS About a dozen vaquitas were spotted on a ...

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