The vaquita is the world's most endangered cetacean. There are just a handful left on Earth. But recently, observers spotted ...

Between seven and 10 vaquitas — the world’s most endangered marine mammal — have been confirmed alive in Mexico’s Upper Gulf ...

Each May since 2015, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has undertaken a difficult mission. For three weeks, they search the oceans for the world’s rarest cetaceans, the vaquita porpoise. The ...

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 ...

The world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita porpoise, is still hanging on in the waters off Mexico’s coast — and, ...

For the first time in its 70-year history, the International Whaling Commission has issued an "extinction alert." Known as the world’s tiniest porpoise, the vaquita is facing the potential danger of ...

The world's smallest marine mammal is so critically endangered that there are only about 10 remaining in its sole habitat of Mexico's Gulf of California. But that may not yet spell doom for the ...

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — The conservation group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday signed an agreement with Mexico to help expand the protection area for the vaquita porpoise, the world’s most endangered marine ...

(CNN) — The International Whaling Commission released its first-ever extinction alert Monday to warn of the potential danger facing the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Known to be the smallest ...