Vaquita means “little cow” in Spanish, diminutive of vaca (“cow”). The vaquita is a rare species of porpoise endemic to the northern end of the Gulf of California in Baja California.

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 ...

Scientists and officials spent days at sea searching for vaquitas, shy porpoises threatened by fishing gear. By Catrin Einhorn During a few weeks each year or so, an international team of ...

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.

Mexico City (AFP) – The vaquita, a small porpoise on the verge of extinction, is still hanging in there, said scientists Wednesday who had spotted about a dozen specimens of Mexico's "panda of ...

MEXICO CITY — Against all odds, Mexico’s remaining endangered vaquita porpoises are holding on in their only habitat, the Gulf of California, according to a new research expedition report ...

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 of ...

MEXICO CITY — 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. But it is ...

The urgent call to action is aimed at rescuing the world's tiniest marine mammal, the vaquita, from the precipice of annihilation. The vaquita, also known as the Gulf porpoise, is a unique species ...

The vaquita is the smallest of all porpoises, similar to dolphins but with shorter beaks and more rounded bodies. They perish in nets used to illegally catch totoaba, large fish whose swim ...