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Flipping Mako Shark Surprises San Diego Anglers
A group of anglers accustomed to hooking bass off the coast of San Diego made a surprising catch Monday morning.
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Sad News: Mexico Says Only 22 Vaquita Porpoises Remain
Experts said Wednesday that only 22 vaquitas remain in the Gulf of California, where a grim, increasingly violent battle is playing out between emboldened fishermen and the last line of defense for the smallest and most endangered porpoise in the world.
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Mexico Launches Plan to Delimitate Reserve of Vaquitas
The Mexican government announced on Thursday that it will place buoys to delimit the reserve where the vaquita lives, the smallest and most threatened porpoise in the world, in an attempt to save the approximately 10 individuals that survive.
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Body of Suspected Vaquita Found, Activists Say
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.
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Plan to Protect Colorado River Still Isn't Done. Now What?
Another federal deadline passed Monday for seven states in the U.S. West to wrap up work on a plan to ensure the drought-stricken Colorado River can deliver water to the 40 million people and farms that depend on it.
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Send a Postcard to the New Mexican President to Save the Vaquita Porpoise
The Living Desert announced Monday it has joined with zoos and aquariums across the country in a campaign to encourage newly seated Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to continue his country’s initiatives to save the vaquita, the world’s most endangered marine mammal.
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Cells of Endangered Vaquita Added to Frozen Zoo to Help Save Species
Scientists warn that the genetic materials from two individuals won’t save the species if they go extinct in the wild.
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Quake Rattles Baja California
A quake measure 6.3M was reported in the Gulf of California, rattling cities in Baja California as well as the mainland.
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Vaquita Calf on Brink of Extinction Found, Then Released, by Researchers in Mexico
Researchers trying to catch and enclose the last survivors of the vaquita porpoise species captured a calf but released it because it was too young to survive without its mother.
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Meet the Vaquita, the Endangered Sea Mammal With 30 Members Left
With fewer than 30 left in the world, vaquitas could be the latest sea mammal to become extinct, according to a study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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Sea Shepherd Back in San Diego After 6 Months Patrolling Vaquita Refuge
Parked along the Embarcadero near the Star of India, is a ship that just spent the last six months patrolling the vaquita refuge in the northern areas of the Sea of Cortez, also called the Gulf of California.
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Mexico Extends Gillnet Ban in Bid to Save Endangered Vaquitas
Mexico’s agriculture and fisheries department says it is extending a ban on gillnets in much of the upper Gulf of California as part of an effort to save the endangered vaquita porpoise.
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Scripps Institute Names Newly-Discovered Marine Worm After Churro
A marine worm discovered by researchers at Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego has been given a tasty new name due to its appearance — Xenoturbella churro.
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‘Devastating': 2 Dead Vaquitas Found Floating in Gulf of California
A conservation group is calling it an alarming discovery. In the span of one month, the remains of two vaquitas–a critically endangered species of porpoise–were found in the waters off the coast of California.
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Dead Vaquita Found Floating in Gulf of California: Sea Shepherd
More than half of the population has been lost in the last three years, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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Vaquita Newborn Found Dead Off Baja California: Sea Shepherd
A calf from a critically endangered species of porpoise was found dead in the waters off Baja California, according to Sea Shepherd, the organization known for battling illegal fishing and poaching in the oceans.
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California Bill to Help Save the Vaquitas, the Cutest Porpoises in the World
With only 30 vaquita porpoises left in the world, California Assemblymember Todd Gloria has introduced a bill to help save the sea mammal from extinction.
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