Fireworks divide opinions like few other subjects. To us as people, fireworks are either an exciting visual and auditory ...

New recordings show Hawaiian monk seals use many more sounds than scientists ever realized.

Researchers discovered that Hawaiian monk seals use a surprisingly complex range of underwater sounds, including new call ...

A newborn Hawaiian monk seal plucked from the shores of Hawaii island last month is now gaining weight at Ke Kai Ola, a monk ...

One female seal displayed postmortem attentive behavior (PAB) for at least 20 days, the longest documented case in pinnipeds and among the longest for any mammal. Their paper documents a previously ...

Learn how the harbor seal became Rhode Island’s state animal and what this whiskered swimmer says about the Ocean State.

A team of researchers has documented major changes in the behavior, ecology, and geographic range of the northern fur seal over the past 1,500 years using a combination of techniques from archaeology, ...

Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is temporarily closed to accommodate elephant seals that have set up camp for the breeding season. The annual ritual has brought at least 30 males to ...

A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth’s oceans are changing, and it’s not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It’s tagging seals. Several species of seals ...