Though the methods will be unusual — involving dolphins trained by the U.S. Navy and a mass relocation of what’s left of the vaquita — the stakes are serious. “We’re really at a turning ...

Another idea is to use U.S. Navy-trained bottlenose dolphins to wrangle vaquita into sea refuges, but that’s also a gamble—trained dolphins have never done so before. The obvious step of ...

Members of the survey team retrieved equipment used to detect vaquita and dolphin echolocation sounds.Credit...Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times Katy Carpio works with Pesca ABC and was one ...

Jefferson, Ph.D., marine mammal biologist for VIVA Vaquita. “The announcement by NMFS that the Atlantic humpback dolphin is being recommended for endangered status under the ESA is great news. Such a ...

and eye color, fail to produce it at normal levels, or at all. This is usually because of a mutation in one of several genes. Pinky’s parents might have looked like typical dolphins, but both of ...

US Navy-trained dolphins and their handlers arrived in Mexico Thursday to participate in a last-ditch effort to catch, enclose and protect the few dozen remaining vaquita porpoises to save them ...

The agency’s decision came in response to a petition filed by the Animal Welfare Institute, Center for Biological Diversity, and VIVA Vaquita. “We are thrilled that this ESA listing will bring greater ...

Mexican officials and the conservation group Sea Shepherd said Monday that experts would set out in two ships in a bid to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world's most endangered ...

Though the methods will be unusual — involving dolphins trained by the U.S. Navy and a mass relocation of what’s left of the vaquita — the stakes are serious. “We’re really at a turning ...