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Sweet P, a northern fur seal pup, pictured, was rescued from Newport Beach in October last year. She was released back into the ocean on Jan. 22. (Courtesy of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center) ...
The newborn male northern fur seal pup born this summer at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut is seen snuggling with his mom, Kivli. The pup weighed 11.4 pounds when born on July 31.
A beloved seal at Mystic Aquarium has died. Adak, a northern fur seal, came to live at Mystic Aquarium as a pup in 2016 after ...
Kayok, a northern fur seal, found a permanent home at Mystic Aquarium after being rescued in Alaska. (Mystic Aquarium) She was spotted swimming erratically and struggling to forage for food.
Northern fur seals are a threatened species and their population went from about 2.1 million in the 1950s to 1.1 million today. They spend almost all of their time in the open ocean more than 600 ...
The disappearance of northern fur seals from some temperate regions coincided with the arrival of Russian and European fur traders about 200 years ago. But in central and northern California, fur seal ...
MYSTIC, Conn. (WTNH) – A northern fur seal that was rescued from Alaska in September has been introduced to its forever home inside the seal colony at Mystic Aquarium this week.
Mystic Aquarium has announced the birth of a northern fur seal pup, the first in 20 years, on July 31. The pup weighed 11.5 pounds at birth. The unnamed pup is receiving care from its mother and ...
The Alaska SeaLife Center admitted a northern fur seal pup to its rehabilitation facility last week, the Seward center’s first since 2017.
Kayok, a northern fur seal pup rescued in Alaska, is transfered from the ICU to the seal pool at the Mystic Aquarium, Nov. 7, 2023, in Mystic, Conn.