The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

The City Council of Niteroi, in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro, said Civil Defense agents and biologists were monitoring a fur seal spotted on Itaipuaçu beach, in Maricá, last Sunday ...

A Guadalupe fur seal was spotted in the wild years after she was rehabilitated and released from a marine hospital in 2017, officials said. Bill Hunnewell The Marine Mammal Center A sea creature ...

Hunted to the brink of extinction last century, the Australian fur seal is now a protected species and the fourth rarest seal species. But numbers are recovering and large colonies can be found on ...