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Vaquitas at the Water's Surface

Governments and environmental organizations continue to monitor the vaquita...

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Vaquita Refuge

Eliminating gillnets is key to protecting the vaquita from extinction. This map...

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Vaquitas as Bycatch

Gillnets used to catch totoaba accidentally catch vaquitas too. The vaquita’s...

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A Population in Decline

At the current rate of population decline, the vaquita may be extinct in a few...

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A Small Range

Vaquitas live in an area smaller than ¼ the size of metropolitan Los Angeles....

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Mysterious Vaquitas

Vaquitas were so rarely seen that some people thought they were a myth. Vaquitas...

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Swimming Vaquita

Vaquitas were unknown to science until three skulls were found on a Mexican beach...

Lesson Plan

Oyster Disease

Along the East Coast of the United States, two diseases can cause significant...

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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead...

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Picking Up Trash Along the Coast

A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean...

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The Vanishing Vaquita

The small vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a type of porpoise, usually only reaches...

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The Return of the Puffins

Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) used to be quite common along the Maine coast...