News tagged with seals
NOAA tracks winter journeys of seals and penguins in Antarctica
Scientists from NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center placed 61 satellite tags on fur seals, leopard seals, Weddell seals, chinstrap penguins and gentoo penguins that will allow researchers and the public to track the ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Rare Hawaiian monk seal brought to Long Marine Lab for study and treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- A young Hawaiian monk seal that was removed from the wild last year for treatment and rehabilitation is providing researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a rare opportunity ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Judge says seals can stay in California cove
(AP) -- The seals can stay and play at a La Jolla swimming cove.
Nov 14, 2009 |
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Elephant seals take naps while diving
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study may have solved the long-standing question of how elephants sleep during their long migrations at sea, when they can be away from land for up to eight months.
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice. This time, however, her team began the expedition during the Antarctic winter, the ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Feds to decide on listing ice seals as threatened
(AP) -- A federal agency must decide within three weeks whether spotted seals, which depend on sea ice off Alaska's coast, should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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One in six Mediterranean mammals face extinction
One in six Mediterranean mammals is threatened with extinction at the regional level, mainly due to the destruction of their habitat from urbanization, agriculture and climate change, nature body IUCN said ...
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Dramatic biological responses to global warming in the Arctic
"The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," says Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University. Post leads a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide ...
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Seals like it hot
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using innovative thermal imaging techniques and CCTV recording, a St Andrews academic has shed new light on previously unseen aspects of the life of seals.
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Man indicted in death of Hawaiian monk seal
(AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a 78-year-old Kauai man in the shooting death of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal in May.
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Seals quickly respond to gain and loss of habitat under climate change
Southern Elephant seals responded rapidly to climate and habitat change and established a new breeding site thousands of kilometres from existing breeding grounds, according to new research.
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa
Predation is one of the most fundamental and fascinating interactions in nature, and sharks are some of the fiercest predators on Earth. However, their hunting pattern is difficult to study because it is rarely ...
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Hawaiian Islands named habitat for endangered seal
(AP) -- The federal government on Friday will significantly expand the critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals to include beaches and waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, officials said.
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Environmentalists plan suit to protect ice seals
(AP) -- An environmental group says it will sue the federal government to force a decision on additional protections for Arctic seals.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Mercury levels in Arctic seals may be linked to global warming
Researchers in Canada are reporting for the first time that high mercury levels in certain Arctic seals appear to be linked to vanishing sea ice caused by global warming. Their study, a new insight into the ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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