The vaquita porpoise is the rarest marine mammal on Earth, and it is disappearing fast.
In this Talk of Iowa segment, host Charity Nebbe talks with NOAA conservation biologist Barbara Taylor. They discuss the unique qualities of this animal, its habitat in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California, and they talk through the plan next month to try to retrieve the last of of the vaquitas and save them from extinction.
"When I started doing this work over 20 years ago, we had about 600 in the population, and now there are less than 30 left on planet Earth."
Taylor is giving thePaul L. Errington Memorial Lecture at Iowa State University on Thursday, September 28.
