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.

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 ...

VaquitaCPR used US Navy-trained dolphins to help locate the animals and bring them to safe zones. The group had some success when the first-ever live vaquita was captured and released.

The fascinating vaquita is heading for oblivion, ... No one has definitively documented a living Yangtze River dolphin since 2002, and the last detailed scientific survey, in 2006, ...

The world’s most endangered marine mammal, a small porpoise called the vaquita, ... Dolphins, sea turtles and vaquitas get stuck, too, dying when they can’t surface to breathe.

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… ...