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From Shoals to Hampton Harbor, gray seals are everywhere. Biologist Ellen Goethel shares what’s behind their summer 2025 ...
The seals can live for as many as 30 years in the wild, while dealing with predators like orcas and larger leopard seals. They survive on fish, squid, and other smaller prey to survive.
Seals eat a lot of fish, causing concern for some fishermen. Seals off Cape Cod have attracted great white sharks, and some worry that an increasing population will draw more sharks to Rhode ...
Beginning in 2020, Bogaard tested the TAST at the Ballard Locks. She found that although the number of seals in the area remained the same, the seals stayed farther from the fish ladder.
As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe ...
A seal attack is being blamed for the loss of 50,000 juvenile Atlantic salmon at two fish farming sites near Cutler, Maine. Cooke Aquaculture spokesperson Joel Richardson said that divers ...
Hawaii’s endangered monk seals are beloved creatures and highly protected by state law. Yet scientists have been unable to protect them from nostril-invading eels. For almost a decade, biologists have ...
The gate to the dock has been closed since July 9 to give the animals space after a woman handled the pup illegally, parks ...
Multiple dead seals with shark bites washed up along Cape Cod in the last couple of days. Also, Wellfleet lifeguards helped out a large fish that's often confused with great white sharks.
Has a shark, seal, dolphin, bird, or other animal snagged your hooked fish while fighting it on the end of your fishing line? Researchers from UMass Amherst want to hear from you.
Seal conservation via the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 allowed populations to rebound. Now gray seals are a frequent and increasing sight in Delaware Bay, near the southern end of their ...