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From Shoals to Hampton Harbor, gray seals are everywhere. Biologist Ellen Goethel shares what’s behind their summer 2025 ...
Their species name is “gray seal,” Halichoerus grypus, and they live off the coast of the North Atlantic. Gray seals can reach 10 feet long and weigh nearly 900 pounds.
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It survived crossing four lanes of traffic, but ultimately, the seal that was rescued from Coastal Highway near the Indian River Inlet on April 12 didn't make it. "Andromeda," as the female gray seal ...
A juvenile gray seal was spotted at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront near 33rd Street on March 17, 2025. The seal went back into the Atlantic the next morning. (Jessica Lee) ...
A seal pup whose urban rescue tugged at the nation's heartstrings on social media in mid-February has died, a Connecticut aquarium said Monday. The New Haven Police Department found Chappy, a gray ...
The NOAA estimates that there are about 450,000 gray seals in Canada and U.S. waters. "Gray seals gather in large groups during the mating/pupping and molting seasons," according to the NOAA.
Chappy, the the gray seal pup found stranded in New Haven, has died. (Mystic Aquarium) The male gray seal, affectionately named Chappy and estimated to be only a few weeks old, was rescued by the ...