The Alaska SeaLife Center recently announced that they have taken in and continue to provide care for a male ringed seal that was rescued on the North Slope in December. The seal’s rescue marks the ...

A ringed seal (Pusa hispida) peaks its head above water in the Laptev Sea near Bolshoy Begichev Island, Russia. ( Кирилл Уютнов/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) (CN) — Conservation protections ...

Local hunters in the Icefjord near Ilulissat have long known about a special ringed seal -- the Kangia seal -- which is significantly larger and has a markedly different fur color and pattern than ...

When a ringed seal pup wakes up, all she sees around is blue ice. From the first moments of her life in an ice cave to venturing out to the Arctic on her own, every step of the pup is described in the ...

A recent study reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionally much more differentiated than previously known. Indeed, researchers suggest that instead of a subspecies, it should be considered ...

A ringed seal (Pusa hispida) peaks its head above water in the Laptev Sea near Bolshoy Begichev Island, Russia. ( Кирилл Уютнов/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) DENVER (CN) — The Ninth Circuit ...

Climate change is scary news for seals in many more ways than one. Besides degrading and eliminating necessary sea-ice habitat, warming depletes their prey, makes them more vulnerable to predators and ...

When a ringed seal pup wakes up, all she sees around is blue ice. From the first moments of her life in an ice cave to venturing out to the Arctic on her own, every step of the pup’s journey is ...