Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging (opens in new tab)

The reconstruction of the vaquita, whose numbers barely reach double figures in the wild, is designed to help research and conservation effortsScientists have created a digital reconstruction of the world’s most endangered marine mammal, preserving its anatomy in three dimensions to aid research and conservation efforts as the species teeters on the brink of extinction.The project digitised the skeleton of a female found only in Mexico’s northern Gulf of California, using a combination of med...