Tag: seals

Both social and environmental factors affect the number of seals reported as stranded on the beaches of the Gulf of Maine. “By studying these marine mammals, we can understand something...

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say avian flu is responsible for an unusually high number of seal deaths along the coast of Maine. The USDA’s Animal and...

Over the past six months, thousands of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) have been turning up dead on South Africa’s Atlantic Coast. No one is sure why, but Tess Gridley,...

As the climate warms in the Arctic—two to three times faster than in the rest of the world—polar bears are changing what they eat. By uncovering their diets, researchers found,...

Conversations that researchers have had with indigenous hunters in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, have revealed information about where seal species are showing up and how climate change may impact them. By including...

Climate change could change the number and location of fish that seals prey on in Hudson Bay by the end of the century, likely affecting seal populations. Past studies have...

The loud sounds bearded seals emit underwater may not be noisy enough to overcome the sound from increasing industrial activities off the coast of Alaska. Recent research highlighted how bearded...

Bearded seals create a deafening underwater soundscape in the Canadian Arctic Ocean — particularly during mating season. Explorations of the types of sounds they make and the volume of those...

Shifting young Hawaiian monk seals from their whelping beaches to safer areas free of sharks and the threat of entanglement in marine debris may improve survival for the endangered marine...

Melting sea ice may be to blame for the spread of a wildlife virus from one side to the Arctic to the other. The issue emerged in 2004 when Pacific...