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Photo of vaquita at the water’s surface with its face plainly visible.
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Vaquitas at the Water's Surface

Governments and environmental organizations continue to monitor the vaquita...
A map showing different refuge and conservation areas.
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Vaquita Refuge

Eliminating gillnets is key to protecting the vaquita from extinction. This map...
Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.
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Vaquitas as Bycatch

Gillnets used to catch totoaba accidentally catch vaquitas too. The vaquita’s...
A graph showing the population decline of vaquitas from 1997 to 2019. In 1997, there were 567 vaquitas. In 2012, there were 200. By 2014 there were fewer than 100, and by 2019 there was an estimated 6 to 9 vaquitas left.
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A Population in Decline

At the current rate of population decline, the vaquita may be extinct in a few...
Map showing vaquita range in the Gulf of California with inset showing the Western Hemisphere and equator.
Photo

A Small Range

Vaquitas live in an area smaller than ΒΌ the size of metropolitan Los Angeles....
A vaquita pops its head out of the water.
slideshow

Vaquitas in Peril

The Vaquita is a small, elusive, and critically endangered marine mammal that lives...
Tue, 07/14/2020 - 15:23
A vaquita swims at the water's surface.
Photo

Mysterious Vaquitas

Vaquitas were so rarely seen that some people thought they were a myth. Vaquitas...
A vaquita pops its head out of the water.
Photo

Swimming Vaquita

Vaquitas were unknown to science until three skulls were found on a Mexican beach...
Aerial view of a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf.
Article

Hope & Despair for the North Atlantic Right Whale Population

Late one afternoon in February 2019, Melanie White and the other members of a...
May 2019
A bloom of algae from up above
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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?

Drifting throughout the ocean, invisible to the naked eye, are innumerable...
August 2018
Thumbnail of a schematic of an island, boat, and a Right Whale.
video

Ocean Optimism Video - Slow Down For Right Whales

Whaling, beginning in the 1600s, killed thousands of North Atlantic right whales...
Fri, 06/02/2017 - 07:25
A screenshot from the video of seagrass in Chesapeake Bay.
video

Seagrasses and Light in the Chesapeake Bay

Seagrasses growing on the seafloor of the Chesapeake Bay rely on light to...
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 09:35

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