ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal agency will decide by September how much ocean and coast in northern Alaska will be designated as critical habitat for two ice seal species. The Center for Biological ...

This Sept. 5, 2006, file photo shows a bearded seal in Kotzebue, Alaska. (Michael Cameron/NOAA Fisheries Service via AP, file) (CN) — Alaska ice seals won critical federal habitat protections Thursday ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 2, 2008 (ENS) - Three conservation groups filed a formal petition today asking the federal government to protect areas on the main Hawaiian islands as critical habitat ...

HONOLULU — The federal government on Friday will significantly expand the critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals to include beaches and waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, officials said ...

(CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided that the critical habitat of the Hawaiian monk seal may need to be expanded to include key beach areas and sand spits, including all beach crest ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii – The National Marine Fisheries Service today issued a final rule protecting almost 7,000 square miles of critical habitat for Hawaiian monk seals, among the world’s most endangered ...

Ringed seals are among the most common marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic. They strongly rely on sea ice as a habitat, ...

TOWSON — The National Aquarium has released a harp seal rescued from Ocean City after severe dehydration. The seal, Amelia Bedelia, has been part of a cast of storybook characters undergoing ...