Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of California -- bringing the total number of sites where this endangered species now occurs to just ...
MYSTIC, CT (WFSB) - Mystic Aquarium announced on Thursday that a northern fur seal rescued from Alaska found its forever home among the aquarium’s seal colony. “Kayok” was rescued in September by the ...
Tracking instruments are temporarily glued to female northern fur seals. (Carey Kuhn/NOAA Fisheries) Fur seals are an essential subsistence food for the Unangax̂ communities in the Bering Sea’s ...
This August 2019 photo released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA) shows a mature northern fur seal standing on a beach on Bogoslof Island, Alaska. Alaska's ...
Sophisticated electronic tagging technology developed as part of the Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) program is now being deployed to study Cape fur seals in South Africa. Daniel Costa, professor ...
As their name suggests, northern fur seals boast dense, luxurious coats—and historically, that made them a prime target for hunters. Exploitation by hunters in Russia and North America drastically ...
Three endangered Guadalupe fur seals rescued from near death on beaches in Orange and Los Angeles counties were returned to the ocean off La Jolla on Friday, Aug. 19, by a rescue team from San Diego ...