Archive for ‘seal’
Meet Alfred! L.A. Zoo Adopts Blind Seal
January 18th, 2008
Rescuers found Alfred on a New Jersey Beach last year.
Grey seal baby boom
January 12th, 2008
Grey seals returned to the North Sea island in the late 1980s. They are now thriving thanks to a plentiful supply of fish and no natural predators. The Heligoland seal pups are being tagged to track their movements and better understand their behaviour. Scientists think female grey seals return to…
Petition seeks protection for seals
December 21st, 2007
Frustrated by a lack of regulations limiting global warming, a conservation group wants ribbon seals listed as threatened or endangered because their habitat — sea ice — is disappearing amid climate change.
Captain Hook To Be Released, Again
December 17th, 2007
The seal, known for eating fish bait from local anglers, will be released far from Newport harbor.