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 ...

Now, advocates for the protection of harp seals say it’s up to us to combat climate change for generations to come and to help keep these seal pups alive. Closeup of a baby harp seal on an ice ...

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, ...

Winter sea ice cover in harp seal breeding grounds has decreased up to 6 percent per decade since 1979, when satellite observations of sea ice began, found the research, published yesterday in the ...

But baby seals are also, apparently, highly lucrative. Just ask the Canadian government, taking massive heat from the international animal rights community and Pamela Anderson and just about ...

Harp Seal Biology Harp seals are by no means endangered, and people hunt the animals to sell their fur, skin, and meat. (Related: "Controversial Seal Hunt Delayed 2nd Year Due to Ice Breakup." ...

You remember the picutres of the big-eyed baby seals Almost everyone does. Michard: Picture this, again: the return of the baby seal hunters Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Baby harp seals have pure white fluffy coats and are one of the Arctic's most iconic animals, according to the center staff. "This species is most commonly found dwelling on the ice in the North ...