29
Mar
Lone seal pup found mysteriously wandering in a forest, miles from the sea
Swedish authorities struggle to explain how the seal pup could have found its way into a forest almost 4 miles from the coast.
29
Mar
Lone seal pup found mysteriously wandering in a forest, miles from the sea
Swedish authorities struggle to explain how the seal pup could have found its way into a forest almost 4 miles from the coast.
04
Dec
For your morning awwwws.
(via Photo of the Day: Baby Harp Seal Cuteness : TreeHugger)
This does make Tuesday a little better.
05
Oct
Photo of the day: Peek-a-boo seal
A harbor seal named Lisa peeks out of her wicker transport basket on Oct. 4 prior to being released onto a beach on Germany’s Juist Island in the North Sea. Lisa and 3 other orphaned seals are returning to the wild after being raised at a seal research station in the coastal mainland town of Norddeich.
30
Aug
How bioluminescent fish help seals hunt in the dark
Analyzing a total of 3,386 dives, scientists determined that elephant seals dive deeper for foraging and where lantern fish are at their brightest.
24
Jul
A few weeks old rare albino South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) scratches its ear at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, July 20, 2012. AP Photo/dapd, Philipp Guelland viaThe Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin:)
28
Mar
Kazakhstan sounds alarm over dying Caspian seals
Environmentalists sounded the alarm over the declining numbers of endangered seals after 35 animals were found dead over the weekend.
23
Jan
Stranded baby seals worry Dutch rescuers
Over the first 2 weeks of 2012, more than 100 pups were picked up, swelling ranks at a seal rehabilitation center to a record of 351 infant mammals.
20
Jan
Rare seal found lounging on Seattle woman’s dock
The ribbon seal spends almost all of its time in the water, spending only a few months out of the year on the surface to molt or give birth to pups.
16
Jan
A recently rescued grey seal pup looks up from its indoor kennel at the RSPCA West Hatch Wildlife Center in Taunton, England, on Jan. 9. The wildlife center is currently dealing with a number of seals that were rescued from the coast after recent storms. Staff hope to release all the seals back into the wild by the spring.
MNN’s photos of the week
11
Nov
A grey seal mom and her young pup hang out nose to nose on the sandy shore of Donna Nook in eastern England on Nov. 9. Grey seals populate both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean, and one of Great Britain’s largest colonies is in Donna Nook.
MNN’s photos of the week
via treehugger
via magicalnaturetour