The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is among the most beloved sea animals, with its wet puppy dog eyes, big white whiskers, rolly poly gray body and slippery flippers. Unsurprisingly, the ...

Cape fur seals can recognize their pup's cry just two hours after birth, remarkably earlier than other mammals. For context, only about 40% of women can identify their baby's cry 24 hours after birth.

Seals are typically thought of as living in cold water habitats. With their thick layers of blubber and dense fur, seals have ...

An endangered Guadalupe fur seal found stranded and skinny in Huntington Beach is now back to living life in the ocean after his successful rehabilitation at two Southern California marine mammal ...

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of California--bringing the total number of sites where this endangered species now occurs to just ...

A northern fur seal pup rescued from Newport Beach pier last fall by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center was recently released back to the ocean, with hopes she returns to the Channel Islands where the ...

A kayaker got more than she bargained for off the coast of Namibia in mid-May when a large group of Cape fur seals surrounded ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — They were a bit reluctant at first, but five Guadalupe fur seals went back home to the Pacific Ocean last week. It had been weeks, maybe months, since they’d been in the deep ...

Fur seals live at the boundary between ocean and land, where movement and timing are critical for survival. Unlike true seals, they retain external ears and flexible limbs that allow them to move ...

This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. In the Antarctic, the fur-seal population is booming. Having rebounded from near eradication by hunters in the 18th and 19th centuries, ...