Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) workers found a heartbreaking sight: a pair entangled seals, one of which was a baby seal ...

As Christmas nears, things start to generally get tense for Santa, and for this one especially. A confused-looking seal, dubbed "Santa the seal" by onlookers, ended up stopping traffic after somehow ...

(CNN) — Dead seals are washing up along beaches in South Africa’s port city of Cape Town, a coastal management official told CNN Friday, amid an outbreak of rabies in the marine animals. “We believe ...

Source: Bries, via Wikimedia Commons. From mid-October through early January, the Pelican Point Cape fur seal breeding colony in Namibia is bustling with activity. Thousands of seals tightly pack ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the virus has spread in sea mammals. At least 24 Cape ...

Although the boat is about a mile away, the scientists aboard the research vessel can still hear the low, growling noise being emitted by a male Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus). The ...

A Cape Town surfer feels lucky to be alive after fighting off an aggressive Cape fur seal at Big Bay last week.

Sophisticated electronic tagging technology developed as part of the Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) program is now being deployed to study Cape fur seals in South Africa. Daniel Costa, professor ...

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.