POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. — During the winter, the Jersey Shore has a different kind of tourist. Seals start to arrive when the ocean temperature drops below 45 degrees, said Capt. Willie Egerter of ...
Hosts Caitlin and Arlo travel to an Antarctic Weddell seal colony during pupping season. Giving birth and raising young is particularly challenging in Antarctica’s extreme conditions, forcing Weddell ...
Crabeater seals have historically been quite successful. Their population ranges around 15 million, and conservationists haven’t had to worry too much about them—until now. Climate change is quickly ...
Who doesn't love a snooze on the beach? Park rangers at Wilson's Promontory in Victoria, Australia were greeted with the rare sight of a subantarctic fur seal just having a bit of a kip on its shores ...
Fans of old Monty Python movies might recall a scene from the "Search for the Holy Grail" where a small band of medieval knights were told not to enter a cave because it was inhabited by a "horrible ...
Three harbor seal pups were born this week at the Hopkins Marine Station beach rookery in Pacific Grove. Unlike seals born earlier this pupping season, all three of the new pups appear very healthy, ...
The beaches in La Jolla, California are yearly given over to marine wildlife, harbor seals who come ashore to this protective cove for “pupping season.” The beaches are closed to human visitors from ...
Welcome to Good Internet Animal Of The Week, where every week we will bring you the best animal the Internet had to offer. Unnamed baby pinnipeds, more commonly known as seals (Phoca vitulina). These ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panagis hauls himself out of the pool at a rehabilitation center in Greece and scurries over for a delectable lunch: whole mackerel. It’s been about three months since the ...