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Seals

Gray seals consume as many fish as the fishing industry

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The grey seals in the Baltic eat about the same quantities of cod, common whitefish, salmon, sea trout and eel as those taken by fishermen, Swedish researchers find.

Rare Hawaiian monk seals killed, reward offered

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The Center for Biological Diversity has joined with allies to offer a $30,000 reward for information about the recent killing of three critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals.

Seal killer virus identified

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A virus similar to the H3N8 avian influenza usually a threat to birds, dogs and horses, probably the cause of seal deaths on US East coast

Elephant Seal swam 29,000 km

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The Wildlife Conservation Society has reported that a young male elephant seal tracked for the past year swam 18,000 miles

Narwhal tracking project helps chart species’ future

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WWF is supporting a new project to track narwhals, Arctic whales best known for the long tusk that projects forward from their faces.

Algae Blooms May Cause Seizures in Sea Lions

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Scientists has found that harmful algal blooms is probably the cause behind epileptic seizures and behavioural abnormalities in Californian sea lions

Monk seal and hump-backed dolphin are threatened by fishing activities off coast of Mauritania

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A study show that industrial and traditional fishing activities along the coast of Mauritania, are putting these mammals and local marine ecosystems at great danger.

Climate Change and Marine Mammals: Winners and Losers

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Study on the Effects of Global Warming on the Diversity and Distribution of Whales, Dolphins and Pinnipeds.

Mediterranean monk seal 'haven' discovered

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Scientists discover rare seal colony at undisclosed Greek location

Seal whiskers sense faraway fish

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Harbour seals, and possibly all pinnipeds, rely on their whiskers much more than previously realized to help them hunts in murky water, a group of German scientists finds.
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