Featured Image Credit: Paula Olson, NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons By Laura O’Brien Vaquitas are tiny porpoises whose numbers have been decreasing rapidly in recent years. The endangered marine mammals had a population of only 600 in 1997, and last year, there were only 30 vaquitas left in existence. Vaquitas are not actually the…
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Vaquita Found Dead Thanks To Entanglement
Featured Image Credit: Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures By Sarah Sharkey A vaquita porpoise has been found dead by the Mexican Navy. The body was recovered in March of 2018 and it was the first vaquita to be found dead in 2018. A necropsy was done on the decomposing body on April 4th. The results confirmed that…
Read MoreTesting The Waters To Prevent Vaquita Extinction
Featured Image Credit: C.Faesi/Proyecto Vaquita By Emily Persico Just south of the California-Mexico border lies the Gulf of California, a relatively thin strip of water that just so happens to be home to the tiniest and most endangered of porpoises—the vaquita. With less than 30 individual Vaquitas remaining, the Mexican and US government (and so…
Read MoreAfter While Crocodile: Lacoste’s Iconic Croc Makes Way For Endangered Species Like The Vaquita
Featured Image Credit: Paula Olson, NOAA on Wikipedia Lacoste is doing something that is unheard of for a brand to do: getting rid of its iconic logo. No, they haven’t lost their collective minds; they are giving away the valuable real estate on the chest of their classic polos to species that could use the…
Read MoreSea Shepherd Conservation Society Is Sending Help To The Vaquita!
Featured Image Credit: wildfor.life By: Sarah Sharkey Help is on the way for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has dispatched two ships, the M/V Farley Mowat and the M/V John Paul DeJoria. The two ships are coming from the Caribbean after helping decimated islands deal with the aftermath of Hurricane’s Maria and…
Read MoreVaquita Capture Operations Come To An End On The Sea Of Cortez
Featured Image Credit: VaquitaCPR Following the unfortunate death of an adult female Vaquita just hours after its capture off San Felipe and a similar instance in October, with a Vaquita calf that nearly died due to stress, scientists have decided to stop their efforts in capturing the endangered Porpoises on the Sea of Cortez. According…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Scientists Rescue A Vaquita Porpoise For The First Time Ever
Featured Image Credit: VaquitaCPR It’s no secret that the decline of the vaquita has been a major concern that we have talked about over the last couple years. For the most endangered marine mammal in the world, last-ditch efforts and risky plans set in place by both the Mexican and U.S. governments have gone into…
Read MoreU.S. Navy-Trained Dolphins Arrive In Mexico To Help Save The Last Vaquitas
Featured Image Credit: US Navy We know dolphins are smart. It’s something scientists have been intrigued by for years. The way they communicate, comprehend, understand, empathize and socialize is beyond the ability of any other ocean animal. So it comes as no surprise that the U.S. Navy has trained a group of dolphins, also known as…
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