LOS ANGELES -- The vaquita porpoise lives only in the Northern Gulf of California. They are shy animals that only hang out in small groups and because of that not many people have seen them. Vaquita ...

MEXICO CITY - Roughly six to eight critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises were seen in 2024 in the Gulf of California. Researchers explained to the Associated Press that a couple of the ...

In 2017, a new global treaty was meant to bring mercury pollution under control. But three decades of data from UK harbor ...

The world's smallest marine mammal, the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, has dwindled to a population of only 10, making sightings of the animals extremely rare. A new study sheds light on the ...

Expert marine mammal researchers spotted up to 10 of the porpoises during a recent survey in the Upper Gulf of California. They warn the species remains at risk of extinction until safer fishing gear ...

Ultimately, scientists say an acute understanding of harbor porpoises and identifying key components of social hotspots like San Francisco Bay may also help foster marine conservation areas — and ...

Researchers examined more than 10,000 animal autopsies to figure out how much plastic is too much for ocean wildlife ...

Living up to their names, killer whales have been killing other marine mammals but not eating them for decades, and scientists aren't sure exactly why. Orcas seemingly hunt down, harass, and often ...

Three decades of data from UK harbour porpoises show mercury is still increasing despite a global treaty to reduce it.

Our findings highlight that mercury ins’t just a historical problem. It is a current, growing pressure on marine mammals that ...