In the sixth mass extinction, the so-called "Anthropocene extinction", species are disappearing much faster than would happen "naturally" - namely ...

Fewer than 10 vaquitas, the world’s smallest porpoise, survive in the wild today, experts say. Illegal fishing has decimated ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...

There are only 10 or less of this little porpoise species left in the world. What can be done to save the vaquita?

known as the vaquita, is the most endangered marine mammal in the world. Native to the northern part of the Gulf of California, fewer than 10 individuals are believed to remain. The vaquita is ...

Cold seeps, located along the Sonora Margin transform fault in the Guaymas Basin, were extensively explored during the ‘BIG’ cruise in June 2010. They present a seafloor mosaic pattern ...

Without massive conservation efforts put into place soon, this endangered marine mammal will likely not make it to the end of the decade.

Native to Mexico's Upper Gulf of California, the totoaba fish has faced relentless poaching for decades because its swim bladder is highly coveted in China, where it's believed to have aphrodisiac and ...

There are other examples where the AP refers to a geographical place by more than one name. For example, the Gulf of California is sometimes referred to as the Sea of Cortez. The U.S. government has ...

They can be found in a specific range of the Gulf of California in Mexico, where they dine on small fish, squid and crustaceans. The vaquita, whose name translates to “little cow,” was added ...

Sunrises over the Sea of Cortez outside the little town of San Felipe, Baja California. A new report that aims to get a temperature check on the health of the Gulf of California is painting a ...