They feed on fish and their natural predators are the orca and sharks. The vaquita lives in a very small area which makes it one of the species on the planet with limited reproduction rates. Their ...

As fish populations crash elsewhere ... The mood is festive in this hamlet at the midpoint of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula because today is a day the town looks forward to all year ...

Off California's coast, even great white sharks avoid orcas. One study found that white sharks fled when killer whales appeared, leaving their seasonal feeding grounds for as long as a year. Killer ...

In the heart of the Gulf of California, the totoaba stands as the world's priciest fish, with a price tag exceeding $8,000.

The Quino checkerspot was once one of the most common butterflies in Southern California: At the beginning of the 20th century, millions of these orange-and-black butterflies could be seen each year ...

Sometimes called the canary in Southern California's proverbial coal mine, the coastal California gnatcatcher with its kitten-like mew of a call is a prime indicator of ecosystem health. In the ...

Off Baja California in Mexico, a killer whale named after an Aztec emperor is leading his pod on routine takedowns of the largest fish in the ... there is only one species of killer whale ...