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Mexico to Track Down World's Most Endangered Sea Mammal

Search is on in Sea of Cortez for elusive vaquita porpoises; there may only be 8 left

(Newser) - Mexican officials and the conservation group Sea Shepherd said Monday that experts will set out in two ships in a bid to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world's most endangered marine mammal. Mexico's environment secretary said experts from the United States, Canada, and Mexico will use...

This Species Was Down to 10. Let's Make That 9

Environmentalists find the body of a vaquita porpoise

(Newser) - The environmentalist group Sea Shepherd said Thursday that it found the body of what appeared to be a vaquita porpoise, one of perhaps only 10 that remain in the world, the AP reports. The group said the remains were too badly decomposed for immediate identification and had been turned over...

They Were Trying to Save a Species, but Things Went Wrong

After a vaquita died, a program to save the mammals was shut down

(Newser) - The goal was to make a move that could save a species; instead, it killed one of the last vaquitas left on the planet. With fewer than 30 of the porpoises— the world's smallest , and also called the "panda of the sea"—estimated to exist, a team...

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