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It’s Now or Never for the Vaquitas

28 November 2018 Latest sightings of calves bring a new hope for the cetacean that is face-to-face with extinction: the vaquita (Phocoena sinus). With less than 30 remaining individuals, collaborative conservation efforts are…

Vaquita could disappear within a year

29 May 2017 On September 26, 2018, scientists aboard the Narval spotted a pair of vaquitas: one of the individuals was much smaller in size and was swimming within one body length of…

How about a few stories with happy endings? Chronicles of successes in marine mammal conservation

7 June 2023 From an emotional standpoint, the world of conservation can often be quite difficult to navigate. Through our own activities, the state of the Earth seems to be deteriorating at tremendous…

Is inbreeding a problem for endangered whales?

26 November 2020 There are believed to be around 360 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, and probably fewer than a dozen vaquita, all of which reside in the Gulf of…

#SMM2017 Day 5: Cry of the Heart

30 October 2017 That's it, the marathon of presentations is over! The 22nd Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, held in Halifax from October 23 to 27, covered a broad range…

#SMM2017 Day 4: Piggybacking on Others’ Ideas

27 October 2017 The onslaught continues: lectures, flash presentations, videos, plenaries, posters and discussions with colleagues hailing from every continent. A biennial is a vast brainstorming of the latest research and scientific advances,…

Which cetacean is most at risk of extinction?

3 February 2017 According to the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), it would be the vaquita. This porpoise lives exclusively in the northern parts of the Gulf…

Safer Fishing Rope for Whales

6 September 2016 The US government recently granted $180,000 to the New England Aquarium to design safer fishing gear for whales – namely ropes that are less strong – which could reduce the…