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 ...

“After the vaquita, which is teetering on the edge of extinction, the Atlantic humpback dolphin is the next most endangered species of small marine cetacean, which includes the dolphins and porpoises, ...

How 'cocaine of the sea' imperils rare porpoise Rare porpoise dies after rescue effort Dolphins deployed to save rare porpoise "Our study very clearly shows that the vaquita has a really good ...

In September 2021, AWI, the Center for Biological Diversity, and VIVA Vaquita petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin as a threatened or ...

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 ...

Fewer than 10 vaquita porpoises remain in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California. Yet, calves were observed during a 2021 survey, and new evidence, published in Science, indicates that the vaquita’s ...