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 ...

There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 are threatened with extinction. On that list are 17,903 marine species that ...

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Mexico announced plans Friday to use trained dolphins to corral the last remaining vaquita marina porpoises into a protected breeding ground, a last-ditch bid to save the critically endangered species ...

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

The Vaquita Marina is a very small cetacean that inhabits only the upper Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. Its peaceful existence has begun to be threatened mainly by nets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare and heartening sight has emerged from the Gulf of California: The critically endangered vaquita porpoise has been spotted ...

Six vaquitas are reported to have died in fishing nets over the past six months, further threatening the survival of the world's smallest and most critically endangered porpoise. Gulf of California, ...

There are many cute endangered species, and sadly their charm endangers them even more, like these 25 cutest animals that are ...