The vaquita ( Phocoena sinus) is the world’s rarest marine mammal, with fewer than 10 surviving in the wild. It faces grave ...

Researchers are scanning the skeleton of the world’s most endangered marine animal, the vaquita, to aid conservation efforts.

The vaquita porpoise is teetering on the brink of extinction, but scientists say DNA tests show the population is still genetically viable. The tiny silvery porpoise lives only in Mexico's Gulf of ...

Among the many creatures that inhabit our vast oceans, the Vaquita is a particularly intriguing and endangered marine mammal.

The vaquita, which means "little cow" in Spanish, is the world's smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. They ...

Mexico's Gulf of California — one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — teems with 891 species of fish and a third of the world's cetacean species, including the smallest and most endangered ...

Full skeleton of a very rare vaquita specimen from the 1960s. The completed scans, which required approximately 165 hours, resulted in a total of three terabytes of data.

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shortly after scientists discovered the species in 1950, they realized it was in trouble. Vaquitas were regularly ...

Mexico's government says it plans to use dolphins trained by the US Navy to try to save the world's most endangered marine species, the vaquita porpoise. Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano said ...

At least three vaquita were found dead in the spring of 2016; all bore evidence of scarring due to entanglement in nets. By 2018, as few as 20 vaquitas remained as a result of entanglement in gillnet ...

The Mexican government has completed the objectives of a 2023 action plan created to help protected the critically endangered ...

Mexico's Gulf of California — one of the most biodiverse places on the planet — teems with 891 species of fish and a third of the world's cetacean species, including the smallest and most endangered ...