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Whales, dolphins, seals: newcomers crowd into British waters...

The waters around the British Isles could soon be home to several new species of mammals as a rising number of foreign visitors are being reported around our coasts. Experts believe the rare sightings of cetaceans from tropical climes cou [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

23 seals clubbed to death in New Zealand

Attackers clubbed 23 fur seals to death, including newborn pups, at a New Zealand breeding colony re-established two decades ago after the species was nearly wiped out by hunting. Some of the eight bludgeoned pups were just days old [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Hungry seals 'steer by the stars'

Seals can identify a single star in the night sky and navigate by it, scientists have discovered. Navigating in the open ocean is essential for seals to move between foraging grounds that may be hundreds of kilometres apart. This is the fir [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Marine Mammal Protection Act Was Enacted 35 Years Ago to Pro...

Ocean Conservancy celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) on October 21st. The MMPA is a federal law that was established in 1972 to protect marine animals such as large whales, dolphins, seals and s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

Home found for one of center's seals

Federal officials said yesterday they had found a home in that Midwestern city for a female gray seal that has spent the last six months in a Brigantine facility recuperating from a broken back.The Indianapolis Zoo will welcome the 7-month- [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Protest Against the Brutal Killing of Harp Seals by Canadian...

Canada's Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn said 270,000 harp seals would be killed in the annual commercial hunt, deemed “the largest marine mammal massacre in the world” by animal rights groups. The harvest is down 65,0 [...]