A British scientist died after being attacked by a huge seal while snorkelling in the Antarctic. Marine biologist Kirsty Brown, 28, was studying the movement of icebergs when the animal struck ...

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

Elephant seals normally live on sub-Antarctic islands as well as in southern ... A previous seal that lived in Portland, a much smaller fur seal also called Sammy, had to be put down in 2019 ...