The scientists fitted the seals with tracking devices, which are meant to fall off over time, in May 2025. These devices will ...

Three Arctic seal species have moved closer to extinction, as rapid sea ice loss continues to erode their breeding and ...

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of California--bringing the total number of sites where this endangered species now occurs to just ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists are looking at ocean-warming trends to figure out why endangered Guadalupe fur seals are stranding themselves and dying in alarming numbers along the central California ...

MYSTIC, CT (WFSB) - Mystic Aquarium announced on Thursday that a northern fur seal rescued from Alaska found its forever home among the aquarium’s seal colony. “Kayok” was rescued in September by the ...

Sophisticated electronic tagging technology developed as part of the Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) program is now being deployed to study Cape fur seals in South Africa. Daniel Costa, professor ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location: a tiny ...

As their name suggests, northern fur seals boast dense, luxurious coats—and historically, that made them a prime target for hunters. Exploitation by hunters in Russia and North America drastically ...

* Galapagos fur seals form colony in Peru * Scientist believes move due to climate change By Terry Wade ISLA FOCA, Peru, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Taking advantage of warmer seas, fur seals from the ...

Research published last month in the journal Marine Mammal Science linked fur seal deaths in the Bering Sea to the same toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. It marks the first documented ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Three marine mammals found in need of help in Southern California this spring have been released back into the Pacific Ocean after a successful rehabilitation, SeaWorld San ...

Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location: a tiny island that forms the ...