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Researchers just confirmed the sad news that only around 10 vaquita porpoises remain in the wild. Unless immediate steps are taken, these sea creatures will undoubtedly become extinct over the next few years.[...]

An unsuspecting fisherman recently stumbled across an incredibly rare two-headed dolphin. Only nine examples of conjoined twins have ever been found among cetaceans, according to Erwin Kompanje, curator of mammals for the...

If you haven’t heard of the highly endangered vaquita porpoise, you’re not alone. Few people are familiar with this rare marine mammal, found only in the Gulf of California. According to most recent estimates, fewer than...

The vaquita is the rarest, smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world. It's estimated that fewer than 100 of the small porpoises remain in their wild habitat in Mexico's northern Gulf of California. To make matters...