Listen to this episode in iTunes The vaquita’s home is a truly unique area of marine habitat in the Northern Gulf of California. The area is unique for a number of reasons. Situated at the delta of the Colorado River, for the last five million years this massive river system has been dumping sediment into the Northern Gulf, creating …
Why is the Vaquita Almost Extinct?
Listen to this episode in iTunes If you’re wondering what a vaquita is, you should first check out our previous blog article, which answers this question in great detail. I’ll tell you here, that the vaquita is species of porpoise (a marine mammal related to whales and dolphins) found only in the Northern Gulf of California in Mexico – …
What is a Vaquita?
What is a Vaquita? This was the question that I asked of my friend and collaborator Sean Bogle when he called me in the summer of 2014 to tell me about an opportunity to work with the group Save the Whales on an advocacy and outreach campaign focused on this animal. The vaquita was completely unknown to me at the …