
The Elusive Vaquita: The World’s Rarest Marine Mammal
Hidden in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California lives the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), the most endangered marine mammal in the world. With fewer than 10 individuals estimated to remain, this shy porpoise has been pushed to the brink of extinction primarily due to bycatch—accidental entanglement in illegal fishing nets set for totoaba, a…