According to Marine Mammals of Maine, harp seals are born in the Arctic in February and March on pack ice and are nursed on high-fat milk for 12 days, so a pup from this species in our region is rare.

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.

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 ...

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.

The harp seal was spotted resting on Independence Park Beach on Sunday morning, near the jetty at the end of Wilson Avenue, according to Beverly Animal Control.

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 Beach Island on March 8. In a post ...

Marine Mammal Stranding Center says the seal was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 19 after it was found consuming beach on the sand in Middletown.