Successful recovery of the vaquita’s limited population depends on eliminating the threat of gillnet fishing in their habitat. There are an estimated 7-10 vaquitas left in the entire world, limited to ...
Whenever an animal species drops into the single digits, every risk to them matters. While not necessarily a common occurrence, some animals face such low population numbers that even the slightest ...
The Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a critically endangered and rare species of porpoise found only in the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico. It is the ...