Washington - Harp seal pups off the coast of eastern Canada are dying at alarming rates due to a loss of winter ice cover, according to US scientists who questioned on Wednesday if the population will ...

According to Marine Mammals of Maine, harp seals are born in the Arctic in February and March on pack ice.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A seal was spotted lounging on a South Shore beach on Saturday, startling residents by its sudden appearance. A concerned resident sent a video of the seal — which seems ...

The mitochondrial DNA sequences analyzed in laboratories in York and Copenhagen indicate that the harbor seals came from current populations in Scotland, Norway, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, while the ...

For some animals, it seems that the drastically different appearance between infancy and adulthood involves protection. Creatures like harp seals or tapirs come into a very dangerous world.

From the Rockaways to Staten Island, seals are hauling out onto local shores for their annual rest — and wildlife officials have a message for New Yorkers: Admire them from afar, or risk harming ...

For some animals, it seems that the drastically different appearance between infancy and adulthood involves protection. Creatures like harp seals or tapirs come into a very dangerous world. Their ...

A rescued harp seal that seemed to be on the road to recovery suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse on Wednesday and had to be euthanized, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Thursday ...

Harp seals typically are found in icy parts of the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans, but one made it all the way to New Jersey.

BRIGANTINE, New Jersey (KYW) — The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, New Jersey, welcomed a big new patient last week. A 154-pound harp seal was hauled out of Brant Beach in Long ...