There are only five seal populations worldwide that live year-round in freshwater habitats. The Baikal seal, probably the most well-known, lives in the deepest, oldest lake in the world, 1,600 ...

Whether it’s ice cream, a greasy hamburger, or a heap of french fries, everybody loves fatty foods. For coyotes, that meal is a blubbery seal pup, according to a new study led by UC Santa Cruz ...

Learn how the harbor seal became Rhode Island’s state animal and what this whiskered swimmer says about the Ocean State.

When the carcasses of headless baby harbor seals began emerging on the Northern California coastline close to a decade ago, researchers hadn’t seen anything like it before. The thick mats of ice plant ...

PACIFIC GROVE – At the shore near Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, a woman stands behind a chain-link fence, peering through her binoculars to get a clearer view of the beach. To an untrained ...

The 2025 harbor seal birthing season at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla is underway. By mid-March, approximately 50 pups had been born, with more expected. In 2024, over 60 viable seal pups were born.

If you ever plan on scuba diving in the coastal waters of Europe, Asia, or North America, you need to learn a bit about handling a seal encounter first. Many seals, including the harbor seal shown in ...

There are only five seal populations worldwide that live year-round in freshwater habitats. The Baikal seal, probably the most well-known, lives in the deepest, oldest lake in the world, 1,600 ...