The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is among the most beloved sea animals, with its wet puppy dog eyes, big white whiskers, rolly poly gray body and slippery flippers. Unsurprisingly, 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 ...

Cape fur seals can recognize their pup's cry just two hours after birth, remarkably earlier than other mammals. For context, only about 40% of women can identify their baby's cry 24 hours after birth.

One of only nine of its kind in aquariums around the country, the pup is a crucial addition for the “vulnerable” species, aquarium staff said PROVIDENCE — A male, northern fur seal pup was born at ...

Some fur seals in the Pacific Ocean are losing their fur, and dietary changes brought on by climate change may be responsible. Alopecia, a condition that involves the loss of hair, can massively ...

Antarctic fur seals need ice-free ground in order to breed. Why are they disappearing? Leopard seals are the only seals that prey on other seal species although fur seals have rarely been on the menu ...

Research published last month in the journal Marine Mammal Science linked fur seal deaths in the Bering Sea to the same toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. It marks the first documented ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. In the Antarctic, the fur-seal population is booming. Having rebounded from near eradication by hunters in the 18th and 19th centuries, ...