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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 ...
DES MOINES, Wash. — A harbor seal pup found alone and starving on a stretch of beach is being nursed back to health at a facility in Des Moines. The rescue marks the start of the pupping season ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — An elephant seal pup was stabbed on a beach along the Oregon Coast. The seal pup survived but sustained multiple stab wounds, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
A seal pup that was found to be half the weight it should be for its age has been rescued in Guernsey. The pup, which has been named Wide Awake, was discovered at Moulin Huet on Thursday and found ...
A Grey seal pup injured by a section of nylon net that wrapped around its neck is recovering Thursday from serious wounds after being rescued on a Monmouth County Beach. The Marine Mammal ...
Harbor seals pups will soon start to populate the beaches in the northeastern U.S. during seal pupping season. Harbor seals generally bear young from May to June in the northeastern U.S ...
These marine mammals mate and give birth on shores, seeking refuge on beaches to evade predators like killer whales and sharks. During the breeding season, mothers such as the harbor seal fast and ...
There are not many places where these seal ... newborn pups here. "Weddell seals are really cool in that they can find all these cracks and holes and breathe and go under the sea ice, whereas the ...
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A young seal pup was found wounded, stranded on the beach in Longport on Monday, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine said. The grey seal pup had several lacerations on his abdomen ...
The first elephant seal pup of the breeding season appeared on the south beach of the Piedras Blancas viewpoint on Dec. 8. Sharp-eyed Kris Clifford noticed the pup on the Friends of the Elephant ...