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

Steps to protect the totoaba fish and vaquita porpoise come after the country was sanctioned, but they are being challenged by those intent on selling the fish. IE 11 is not supported.

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 ...

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.

The men catch the fish with cimbra instead, a series of baited hooks on a long, floating line. Then they kill and gut the fish for their bladders as normal. No vaquita are harmed.

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.

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 ...

In China, the swim bladder of the totoaba fish is considered a delicacy that has medicinal properties — and it has been priced at $60,000 per kilogram, according to a Brookings Institution report.