My Special Aflac Duck and Paro seal are among a new wave of robots that straddle the line between a therapy animal and a friend.

This study validates what’s been seen on the water and reinforces the need for seal population management’ — Jamie Baker, secretary-treasurer of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Fish Food and Allied Worker ...

Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, despite claims that the planet is experiencing another “mass extinction”. New research from the University of Arizona unexpectedly ...

Three Arctic seal species have been moved up to higher threat categories on the IUCN Red List, with one now endangered and two now near threatened. Global warming is melting away the sea ice they need ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do. A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen in ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Arctic seals face extinction as climate change melts sea ice, with harp, hooded and bearded seals moved to higher ...

Melting sea ice and deforestation are continuing to drive many species toward extinction, with the latest Red List of Threatened Species showing that more than a quarter of all animals, plants and ...

Sea turtles are making a surprising comeback, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The news was not so good for Arctic seals. By Catrin Einhorn Global bird populations are ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called President Donald Trump's behavior "unhinged" and "unreasonable" on Sunday during NBC's "Meet the Press." Jeffries was responding to the president's posts about the ...