Cutting-edge technology in a lab at Florida Atlantic University was used to digitize the skeleton of the rarest marine mammal in the world, a porpoise called the vaquita, ensuring that the animal ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita, the world's smallest and most endangered porpoise. The vaquita, meaning ...

According to a release from SeaWorld San Diego Tuesday, the vaquita — which means “little cow” in Spanish — is the world’s smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal.

The 3D scans of this vaquita skeleton will be hosted on MorphoSource, a publicly accessible data repository dedicated to housing image data that represents physical objects of our world.

Snow Leopard in a snowy forest hunting for prey. Image via Depositphotos. The IUCN lists the world’s most endangered mammals and includes some surprising species.Were you aware that the vaquita, a ...

In the south atlantic,patagonia / argentina. Image via Depositphotos While the challenges facing the Vaquita are daunting, there are ways that individuals can contribute to their conservation.

Volume rendering of the flipper of a very rare vaquita specimen from the 1960s.

Jamie Knaub pictured with the full skeleton of a very rare vaquita specimen from the 1960s.

Swimming off the coast of Mexico in the Gulf of California live the few remaining vaquitas on earth. This endangered cetacean ...