Two northern elephant seals, affectionately named Clem and Canary, were released back into the Pacific Ocean this week after ...

Seals belong to a large clade of semi-aquatic animals called Pinnipeds. This clade also includes sea lions and walruses. However, they are all referred to as seals. There are over 30 species of ...

The world’s harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are masters in seeing through the cloudy coastal waters they call home. Equipped ...

The Arctic Ocean is Earth's northernmost ... particularly seals. Warming will likely impact zooplankton life cycles, and thus the myriad animals that prey on them. The Arctic was once covered ...

Living off one of the richest oceans in the Arctic ... distemper virus appeared in sea otters in Alaska, after killing thousands of European harbor seals in a different ocean.

walruses and seals, then eat those animals, providing this year-round transfer of sea ice carbon into the food web to fuel the ecosystem. "We think this might be one way in which Arctic ...

The six gray seals had spent nearly two months being rehabilitated after they were found entangled in fishing gear.

The extent of sea ice, an important habitat for many animals ... However, ringed seals are eating more saffron cod rather than the more nutritious Arctic cod. Arctic cod are very sensitive ...

The mammals' return to the region represented a conservation success story, but their appetite for endangered fish is ...