A confirmed rabies case among seals off Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape has experts sounding the alarm, warning beachgoers ...

Authorities have warned beachgoers to avoid contact with Cape fur seals this summer following reports of aggressive behaviour linked to rabies.

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 ...

Researchers were in Kaikōura last week to learn more about the behaviour of kekeno/New Zealand fur seals at sea.Satellite ...

A northern fur seal pup rescued from Newport Beach pier last fall by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center was recently released back to the ocean, with hopes she returns to the Channel Islands where the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location: a tiny ...

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 ...

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.

There are no longer any seals or sealions in New Zealand zoos or aquariums after the death of the last fur seal in captivity.

Auckland Zoo has euthanised geriatric fur seal Ōrua, a much-loved animal rescued from certain death in the wild as a pup in ...

A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a technical term, it galumphed. The creature was apparently lost, curious and well below ...

The seal pup stayed at a New Zealand beer pub for 25 minutes, wandering around tables and visiting the bathroom, before ...