A northern fur seal pup rescued from Newport Beach pier last fall by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center was recently released back to the ocean, with hopes she returns to the Channel Islands where the ...

Antarctic fur seals need ice-free ground in order to breed. Why are they disappearing? Leopard seals are the only seals that prey on other seal species although fur seals have rarely been on the menu ...

Two Newport Beach Public Works staffers were checking beaches around the Newport Pier recently when a surfer notified them about what appeared to be an injured marine mammal lying on the sand about 80 ...

The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is among the most beloved sea animals, with its wet puppy dog eyes, big white whiskers, rolly poly gray body and slippery flippers. Unsurprisingly, the ...

* Galapagos fur seals form colony in Peru * Scientist believes move due to climate change By Terry Wade ISLA FOCA, Peru, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Taking advantage of warmer seas, fur seals from the ...

Authorities have warned beachgoers to avoid contact with Cape fur seals this summer following reports of aggressive behaviour ...

A team of researchers has documented major changes in the behavior, ecology, and geographic range of the northern fur seal over the past 1,500 years using a combination of techniques from archaeology, ...

Two rehabilitated Guadalupe fur seals, a male found on a rock outcropping off Laguna Beach and a female found on a dock in San Pedro, have been released back into the ocean by an animal care team from ...

HAYWARD (KRON) – A curious baby seal somehow managed to waddle out of the San Francisco Bay, cross a congested East Bay highway, and hide in some bushes in Hayward. According to police, the northern ...

Source: Bries, via Wikimedia Commons. From mid-October through early January, the Pelican Point Cape fur seal breeding colony in Namibia is bustling with activity. Thousands of seals tightly pack ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Short, and dark, and young, and tired, the seal on Ipanema was basking ... The fur seal on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beach was turning heads of locals and tourists alike Wednesday ...