Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A herd of grey seals lie on Hay Island off the coast of Nova Scotia in 2009. (Paul Darrow/Reuters - image credit) Canadian ...

A Washington man walking across a bridge noticed a seal in the water below and started filming, only to discover the seal was chasing a fish. The result was amazing footage of an epic chase. A.J. Hoy ...

Seals feeding on fish does not decrease fish stocks of Baltic cod, herring and sprat the most -- climate change, nutrient load and fisheries do, shows a new study. Seals feeding on fish does not ...

To study fish or invertebrates in the sea, scientists often mark individual animals with acoustic tags that make soft, ultrasonic pinging noises. The marked swimmer can’t hear that noise, but other ...

A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's eerily dim 'twilight zone.' Over the past 60 years, marine ...

"The seal will have a better chance of guessing a fish's escape direction if it can tell the difference between the two vortex rings," says Wolf Hanke. To do this, the seals' whiskers would need to ...

There are tens of thousands of seals on Cape Cod and the Islands, and everyone seems to have an opinion about them. Some see them as an adorable tourist attraction that helps the ecosystem. But to ...