Seals belong to a large clade of semi-aquatic animals called Pinnipeds. This clade also includes sea lions and walruses. However, they are all referred to as seals. There are over 30 species of ...

This makes sense, because the seals have to be vigilant for predators such as polar bears when they haul out on the ice, which they do to rest, molt, give birth ... and they hope to be able eventually ...

Thousands of seals come ashore at the Año Nuevo Natural Reserve in California twice a year to breed and molt, the annual event in which they replace their fur. It is currently peak breeding ...

One, two, ten, too many to count, moulting and milling about the beachline ... a polar bear and its cub stealthily hunting a bearded seal. But the northernmost territory of Canada did challenge ...

Bearded and ringed seals give birth and rear their pups on the ice. They were listed as threatened in 2012 amid concerns with anticipated sea ice declines in the coming decades. The state ...

Bearded seals forage for food on the bottom of the sea, and the iron there stains their faces. (Photo provided by NOAA) Spotted seals look similar to harbor seals, but they use floating ice instead of ...

According to the model, Arctic bearded seals are more efficient at retaining heat and water exchange in both Arctic and subtropical temperatures. At -22°F, the Mediterranean monk seals lost 1.45 ...

Bearded seals get their name from short snouts covered ... in the spring and early summer to successfully reproduce and molt. A projected retreat of sea ice from shallow shelves decreases food ...

Bearded seals give birth and rear pups on drifting ... in the spring and early summer to successfully reproduce and then molt, or shed and grown back their fur. "What we're seeing for them is ...

Beach visitors are being warned to keep their distance from moulting elephant seals spotted along the Island’s coast, from Tofino to Sooke and Greater Victoria, including one near Oak Bay Marina ...

Currently, bearded seals in the Arctic are chasing the edge of the region ... only 15 percent of current ice cover will exist when the seals haul themselves onto the ice to molt each summer. Based on ...