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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...
A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

The three ridges on the top of Bryde's and Eden's whales distinguishes it from...
a Bryde's whale surfaces
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Bryde's Whale

A Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) takes a quick breath at the sea surface. ...
A baleen plate with a drawing of a ship in paint
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Artful Baleen Plates

In the years following World War II, Japan’s infrastructure was devastated and...
A half-cast and skeleton of a humpback whale in the National Museum
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A Half-Cast of a Whale

Joseph Palmer’s half-cast and skeleton of a humpback whale, shortly after it was...
A blue whale model in the Life in the Sea exhibit
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The Second Whale

A close-up of the life-size blue whale model in the new “Life in the Sea” hall,...

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