Baby's first swim: Mother harp seal coaxes her fluffy two-week-old pup into the icy waters of the Arctic. Harp seals abandon their young after 12-15 days, so they learn to swim, eat and fend for ...

A harp seal pup lay on the ice in 2008 ... factors to discourage Canadian hunters from pursuing the seal pups, whose pelts are prized by the fur ... Harp seals generally do not ...

A northern fur seal pup has been born at the New England Aquarium in Boston, ... They were once hunted to the brink of extinction for their pelts. ... Rehabilitated Harp Seal Returned to Wild.

Harp seal pups -- with their beady eyes and soft, pillowy fur -- are tremendously adorable. Yet new heartbreaking images show the pups in danger, stranded on beaches as sea ice failed to form ...

A recently weaned harp seal pup swims in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Female harp seals give birth on ice. For two weeks, pups build up fat reserves, enabling them to be weaned from their mothers, to ...

Harp seal pups -- with their beady eyes and soft, pillowy fur -- are tremendously adorable. Yet new heartbreaking images show the pups in danger, stranded on beaches as sea ice failed to form ...

It all began with an arranged marriage. Ursula, a rare Northern fur seal, arrived at the New England Aquarium from New York as a young, 90-pound adult. There, according to a recent press release ...

Harp seal pups -- with their beady eyes and soft, pillowy fur -- are tremendously adorable. Yet new heartbreaking images show the pups in danger, stranded on beaches as sea ice failed to form ...

Canada's annual seal hunt got under way Thursday despite a dwindling market for pelts and other byproducts following a European Union import ban and slumping demand. IE 11 is not supported.

A baby harp seal was discovered Sunday on a beach in southern New Jersey, the third Arctic seal found well south of its natural habitat in a week, a wildlife expert said. The tired and hungry pup ...

The federal government has the right to protect seal pups from hunters' clubs and bullets, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by ...