Encyclopedia Britannica states that there are 32 species of seals scattered across the globe, with a handful calling North America home. Hawaii has its own endemic species, the Hawaiian monk seal, and ...

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL, California -- Lost at sea, with no land in sight, a Southern California boater fell into the ocean and thought he was spending his final moments on earth. "I thought to myself, ...

WARNINGS HAVE GONE UP BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN NO ENCOUNTERS WITH HUMANS.. SHARK ACTIVITY LEADS TO WARNING KIM AKEMAN/SHORELINE DOCENT :12-:26 CHERYL DAVIS/PACIFIC GROVE 1:13-1:21 NOTICE BEING GIVEN TO ...

If you ever plan on scuba diving in the coastal waters of Europe, Asia, or North America, you need to learn a bit about handling a seal encounter first. Many seals, including the harbor seal shown in ...

Pupping season is officially underway on the beaches of San Diego. Local photographer Jim Grant on Sunday captured photos showing what is likely one of the first seal pups of the season at the ...

Hurry to the coast and you may be lucky enough to see Oregon’s harbors and coves turn into the most adorable marine mammal kiddie pools. Harbor seal pupping season runs from March through mid-July so ...

Iliamna Lake harbor seals, members of one of the world's five freshwater seal populations, rest on the ice surface of Alaska's biggest lake in this undated photo. Their ability to live in an ...

These volunteers work tirelessly to protect one of the region’s most sensitive marine mammals and have quietly built one of ...

NEWS. ALL RIGHT. TOMMIE. THANK YOU. WELL, THIS SUMMER, 150 PEOPLE JUMPED INTO THE INNER HARBOR FOR THE FIRST HARBOR SPLASH. REMEMBER THAT? OH, I SAW THEM DO IT. THE WATERFRONT PARTNERSHIP’S HEALTHY ...

RYE — A deceased harbor seal that washed ashore on Wallis Sands Beach last weekend died after a great white shark bite, the first local incident of such predation in 2024, according to Seacoast ...