Seals

A seal sent a dead octopus cartwheeling into the face of a kayaker off New Zealand's South Island. Here's why.

About 10 million years ago, a seal-like creature likely dove to the dark ocean floor, using its large, pool-ball-size eyeballs to spot squid and other prey, new research finds.

The kelp gull has a few unsavory eating habits.

Are seals using the Earth's magnetism to orient themselves under the ice?

As the number of offshore wind farms continues to grow, the farms could affect both seals and their prey, say scientists who discovered the animals may use the giant wind farms as hunting grounds.

The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., runs a clinic that rescues sick, injured and orphaned seals, sea lions and other marine mammals.

A new hospital for sick or injured Hawaiian monk seals is nearing completion, and will open to its doors to seagoing patients this summer.

Snow, a juveniles harp seal found in critical condition last month, made his way back into the Gulf of Maine yesterday (Feb. 26) after a month of rehabilitation.

A juvenile harp seal returns to the Gulf of Maine after a month-long rehabilitation session.