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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.
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A Small Range

Vaquitas live in an area smaller than ¼ the size of metropolitan Los Angeles....
A vaquita swims at the water's surface.
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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.
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Swimming Vaquita

Vaquitas were unknown to science until three skulls were found on a Mexican beach...
Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead scientist for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, releases a seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) in the Louisiana marsh.
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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead...
A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean Conservancy's 2012 Coastal Cleanup.
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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...
Hagfish Slime Thread
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
A vaquita swims at the the water's surface.
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The Vanishing Vaquita

The small vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a type of porpoise, usually only reaches...
A puffin sits on a rock.
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The Return of the Puffins

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

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