Young harp seals diving for the first time can adapt their behavior depending on local environmental conditions, ... Citation: Arctic seal pups learn to live on the edge (2022, March 3 ...

Freeport encounter with wild Arctic harp seal a bittersweet experience. ... “I’ve never seen a seal that big or that color,” I said, disbelieving my own eyes.

Harp seals are one of the Arctic species suffering as a result of the retreating sea ice. Normally, adults migrate to the area in the fall and give birth to pups in late February.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A seal that normally makes its home in the waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans made its way to the Baltimore area this week. The Baltimore Sun reports that a harp seal ...

According to Marine Mammals of Maine, harp seals are born in the Arctic in February and March on pack ice and are nursed on high-fat milk for 12 days, so a pup from this species in our region is rare.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Maine is seeing a significant increase in the number of harp seal ...

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) – Canadian snowbirds aren’t the only northern tourists you might meet at the beach this summer.An increasing number of young harp seals are straying from their northern ...

The seal, nicknamed "Sealia" by locals, was renamed "Rolo" by rescuers after they determined it to be a male harp seal visiting the area from arctic waters. Rolo was found to be dehydrated, but ...

As global warming melts Arctic sea ice, harp seal babies are dying in record numbers, the first study of its kind confirms. A baby harp seal in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada (file picture).

Harp seals are an Arctic animal and a rare visitor to Scottish waters. The seal was found at Balmedie, near Aberdeen. Its cause of death has still to be investigated by Scottish Marine Animal ...