A federal appeals court on Friday affirmed the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2024 decision rejecting attempts to strip ...

Environmental groups first petitioned the federal government to list the ringed seal along with two others under the ...

Bearded seals are the largest of the northern, ice seals, according to the complaint in Fairbanks. Though Alaska says "bearded seal populations are currently healthy and numerous," the National Marine ...

A bearded seal rests on ice in 2011 off the coast of Alaska. (Photo by John Jansen/NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center) After almost a decade of delays, the federal government is moving ...

In the 2012 listing decision, NMFS listed the bearded seal as threatened due to predicted loss of sea ice habitat related to climate change. NMFS based its decision on modeled projections nearly ...

Bearded seals - or ugruk in the Inupiaq language - are highly valued by Alaska Native communities in the high Arctic. Since bearded seals are at the center of subsistence and cultural activities ...

The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) is the largest of all the arctic seals. Their name comes from their short snouts and large, thick whiskers that give them the appearance of a beard.

Bearded seal pups gain three times their weight within a few weeks of birth when they are in the wild, according to the center. It’s rare for the SeaLife Center to admit a bearded seal, ...

Aaron Mitchell stands on the ice in June 2024 during his first bearded seal hunt. Photo by Tommy Swan Sr. The crew went out as far as Rabbit Creek, past the port site toward Kotzebue, Adams said.

A bearded seal swimming in Arctic waters in Svalbard, Norway. Their name comes from the long and sensitive facial whiskers that they use to find food.

image: Bearded seal on ice view more . Credit: Michael Cameron, NOAA. Ithaca, NY-- During mating season, male bearded seals make loud calls to attract a mate--even their "quiet" call could still ...