Jun 13, 2024 · Seals are pinnipeds, a group of animals with three separate families—phocidae, otaridae, and odobenidae—that are the only mammals that feed in the water and breed on land.

Jan 27, 2016 · The night approaches quickly. A harbor seal plunges into the water, diving deep as the sunlight recedes. Through the dark, turbid waters, she searches for fish. Suddenly, the whiskers on …

Oct 29, 2024 · New research shows Weddell seals avoid making extreme dives for prey during midday, allowing the seals to keep diving over and over without having to pause for long. This allows them to …

Creature Feature: Elephant Seal About Elephant seals You may have seen (and heard) elephant seals on a beach: roaring, clumsy and (let’s face it) terrifying as they jostle for mates.

A female grey seal nursing her pup on the beaches of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Gray seals give birth once a year and females will quickly lose ~30% of their body mass while the pup triples in size during …

Two distinct species, the Northern and Southern elephant seal, are among the largest carnivores in the ocean. It takes a whole lot of food to power a 3,000-kg (7,000 lb) body, and they’ll work for it, diving …

Feb 14, 2025 · WHOI engineers adapted an off-the-shelf component to develop a prototype heart monitor for field research. ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution But this year, a small pilot …

Nov 26, 2013 · WHOI biologist Rebecca Gast examines whether the recovered and thriving population of gray seals in Cape Cod waters has affected water quality off the beaches they frequent.

Aug 6, 2020 · Seals find ease in taking a meal already ensnared in wall-like gillnets cast by fishermen, but at what cost? WHOI biologist Andrea Bogomolni works with the fishing community to record and …

Apr 11, 2024 · Most seal pups don’t make it through their first year, and the researchers want to figure out whether higher iron intake makes a difference in the pups’ survival. “Everyone has been focused …