When the carcasses of headless baby harbor seals began emerging on the Northern California coastline close to a decade ago, researchers hadn’t seen anything like it before. The thick mats of ice plant ...

It wasn't until 2013 that genetic research finally identified them as harbor seals. A long-standing question has been whether ...

"Gray seals gather in large groups during the mating/pupping and molting seasons," according to the NOAA. "Outside of this, ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Aquarium is mourning the loss of a beloved harbor seal that was one of the oldest in human care. Barney ...

Last year was a busy year for The Marine Mammal Center, responding to more than 900 marine mammals between San Luis Obispo and Mendocino counties.

Exclusively in Iliamna Lake, Alaska’s largest body of freshwater, lives a small population of rare freshwater seals — one of only two freshwater harbor seal populations in the world. Alaska natives, ...

With coyotes and harbor seals on Northern California beaches ... at MacKerricher State Park than at rookery sites in the Bay Area, but Gerraty has a few hypotheses. It’s possible that ...