The four dolphins were hand-picked for the vaquita mission. Each is a female and somewhat aged, in their 30s and 40s (dolphins in captivity typically live 25 to 45 years.) ...

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

We would be another capability searching for the vaquita.” The dolphins will be flown to San Felipe, and remain in temporary floating enclosures, until directed to conduct a search of a certain ...

Specially trained Navy dolphins are being used to help locate the remaining members of the vaquita species of porpoise, which is on the brink of extinction.

Vaquita population drops below 30 as US Navy dolphins race to save them from extinction. We’re on the brink of losing this species of tiny porpoises forever ...

The vaquita is kind of a poster child for what happens when you don't have this law in place," he says. To understand the potential impact of the rule, Smith says, we should consider the laws that ...

The world’s smallest, most-endangered porpoise finds itself tangled in gillnets and black-market Chinese medicine, but the Mexican Navy and the U.S. Navy’s trained dolphins are trying to come ...

About vaquita Vaquita is most often found close to shore in the Gulf of California's shallow water, but is easily frightened away by boats, according to the World Wildlife Federation (WWF).

An effort to save one of the world’s most endangered species, a miniature porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez, is slated to begin Friday, using some of the biggest brains in marine biolo… ...

An effort to save one of the world’s most endangered species, a miniature porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez, is slated to begin Friday, using some of the biggest brains in marine biolo… ...