Monterey, California, is home to insatiably curious and playful harbor seals. Here's what it's like when they're zipping ...

The beaches in La Jolla, California are yearly given over to marine wildlife, harbor seals who come ashore to this protective ...

The skull of a harbor seal pup isn't much thicker than an eggshell when they are born, and a coyote can easily crack into it with its teeth in several places, sometimes accessing more of the pup's ...

In reality, he thinks that number is actually higher, adding: 'I definitely think that coyote predation of harbor seal pups is more common. It’s just gone largely undocumented.' He also thinks ...

In the spirit of the season, I thought it'd be fun to shine a spotlight over on the Emerald Isle and highlight an adorable ...

Last year was a busy year for The Marine Mammal Center, responding to more than 900 marine mammals between San Luis Obispo ...

Coyote drags a harbor seal pup out of Bolinas Lagoon in Marin County, Calif., on July 4, 2022. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

And while California coyotes might have hunted harbor-seal pups for centuries, this study is the first to empirically confirm the phenomenon that researchers first started noticing in 2016.

For coyotes, that meal is a blubbery seal pup, according to a new study led by UC Santa Cruz ... north of Fort Bragg, during harbor seal pupping season in the spring of 2023 and 2024. Led by UC Santa ...

The pup was then immediately transported for treatment ... Five sick or injured seals, including four Grey seals and one Harbor seal, are currently being cared for at MMSC.