There are over 150,000 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Of those species, over 42,000 ...

Mexico outlined steps to protect the totoaba fish and vaquita porpoise after it was sanctioned by an international body, but it's challenged by criminal networks.

As a result, the vaquita population has now dwindled to an estimated 10 individuals, down from around 600 in 1997. To better understand the genetic diversity of the remaining vaquitas, an ...

In the upper Gulf of California, the small home range of the vaquita, there are fewer than 60 individuals left, and many things make conservation efforts difficult. “We see mismanaged fisheries and ...

Dried fish bladders are believed to be aphrodisiacs and have various health benefits. ... The end of the fishing frenzy in San Felipe was blamed on a marine mammal called the vaquita porpoise.

MEXICO CITY — U.S. President Joe Biden is urging Mexico to step up conservation efforts for the endangered vaquita porpoise and the totoaba fish, threatening possible trade sanctions if there no ...

A new survey found a larger-than-expected population of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise whose collapse has generated international contempt toward Mexico. Researchers ...

Off the coast of Sicily, Sea Shepherd and its volunteers are hunting down illegal fish traps and working with Italian authorities to crack down on this environmental crime.