Protecting remaining strongholds and minimising human impacts on food sources will be crucial to avoiding further population ...

The seal was found on a Middletown beach Feb. 19, and the Stranding Center was actually preparing to release him back into ...

The Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network has been receiving more calls than usual about harmful actions committed ...

Sick and dehydrated harp seals often confuse sand for snow on their native ice packs, the center says, which puts them at risk of gastric impaction. MMSC says the seal responded well to treatment ...

In July 1911, it took Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers 19 days to travel from Cape Evans to the emperor ...

After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...

As an Arctic species, Harp seals often consume snow and ice for fresh water. When they haul out on beaches, sick, dehydrated, and stressed Harp seals may start eating sand, confusing it for snow.

The thick mats of ice plant covering the dunes of MacKerricher ... which she first noticed sometime in 2015. The seals were all appearing on the exact same stretch of the beach, and each showed ...