A baby harp seal was released back into the ocean Wednesday after several weeks of rehabilitation.

Extraordinary Earth: How harp seal pups rely on ice floes in the Northwest Atlantic Warmer temperatures are becoming increasingly threatening to the survival of harp seal pups.

BIDDEFORD — A harp seal pup rescued off the coast of Maine is being rehabilitated at the University of New England Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center in Biddeford.

“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.

Harp seals live in two main populations, one on either side of the northern Atlantic. From the population on this side of the pond, increasing numbers of seals have been showing up stranded along the ...

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 ...

A Jersey Shore marine mammal organization is warning the public to keep distance from the recent arrivals at area beaches: resting seals. The Brigantine-based Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) ...

Like many other creatures, baby harp seals have a distinctive look that protects them until they become less vulnerable. While adults have scattered dark spots around their bodies, newborn babies ...

How a Seal Pup Died With a Plastic Wrapper in Its Stomach A flimsy film of plastic clogged the sick pup’s intestines and could have catalyzed its death.

More Andy Mann Harp seals are one of the Arctic species suffering as a result of the retreating sea ice. Normally, adults migrate to the area in the fall and give birth to pups in late February.

Canadians are clubbing baby harp seals to death on the ice floes off Canada’s northeastern coast, a practice that was sharply restricted in the 1980s, and animal rights activists are outraged.