Los Angeles Daily News: ‘Fastest Wiener in the West’ to be decided in Seal Beach shelter benefit race
‘Fastest Wiener in the West’ to be decided in Seal Beach shelter benefit race
The animal rescue team from Mystic Aquarium is helping to safeguard a seal pup that was recently found. One of the pups was found Jan. 25 on Misquamicut State Beach and the other on Feb. 1 on Blue ...
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.
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 a short nursing period of only 15-20 days.
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.
Sisi, a 14-year-old dachshund from Seal Beach, might not be a favorite to win, but she’s a fan favorite in the races to determine the “Fastest Wiener in the West.” Last year, Sisi drew more than 50 ...
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 spend almost all of their time underwater, foraging under high-light conditions, which is best for visual hunters. (Michelle Shero, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)