The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

A sea creature who was rescued as a baby is now “all grown up” and “thriving” as an adult back in the wild, California officials said. The creature, a Guadalupe fur seal nicknamed Sallyfur ...

Fur Sales Are Dead Like Their Donors The fact is that fur demand is so flat that not one pelt from Nunavut Canadian seal kill a few years sold at Toronto auction according to the Northern News ...

The fur seal had come from Guanabara Bay and only stayed there for a few minutes before heading back out to sea, city authorities in Niterói reported. Last Wednesday, a fur seal appeared on ...

They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...

describe the seals as fatter, larger and darker in color than their saltwater neighbors, with a unique fur pattern. Given Iliamna Lake seals’ separation from other harbor seal populations and singular ...

As halibut decline, Alaska Native fishers square off against industrial fleets As halibut decline, Alaska Native fishers square off against industrial fleets Rare pale-colored penguin and seals ...