A baby harp seal was released back into the ocean Wednesday after several weeks of rehabilitation.The 4-month-old seal named Tonks was released onto the beach in Rye, and rescuers said her story ...

“Harp seals rely on stable winter sea ice as safe platforms to give birth and nurse their young until the pups can swim, hunt and fend off predators for themselves, “ he said.

MOSCOW — Forty-three softhearted Russian sailors who offered to risk their lives to save thousands of baby harp seals were ordered Saturday to drop the controversial rescue mission after reports ...

Die, baby harp seal! It’s time for environmentalism to get ugly Lydia Millet April 12, 2004 Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email ...

Extraordinary Earth: Here's how harp seal pups rely on ice floes in northwest Atlantic Somewhere in the northwest Atlantic, is the biggest baby nursery on Earth.

Warming in the North Atlantic Ocean has decreased winter sea ice and increased the death rate for baby harp seals over the past three decades, according to a new study. Winter sea ice cover in ...

The Paro, which costs around $2,500 (which is probably more than an actual live baby harp seal costs), should start showing up in children’s hospitals here in the US soon.

Robotic baby harp seal “Paro” has numerous sensors and responds to voices, petting and light by squealing, blinking and moving its head, tail and flippers.

Dwindling sea ice is leaving vulnerable baby harp seals stranded in greater numbers, according to an analysis by the Duke Marine Lab and the International Fund for Animal Welfare. (International ...

Let us all agree right now: Baby harp seals -- those doe-eyed sausagelike bundles of puffy white blubber -- are just phenomenally, face-meltingly cute. So adorable and so helpless and so sweet ...