An Australian fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus. Credit: Hanna Geeson. Fur seals may look relaxed on shore, but ...

Learn more about the unusual way fur seals regulate their heartbeat to compensate for foraging behavior.

Fur seals may look like they’re simply resting after exhausting hunting trips at sea, but their bodies are secretly working ...

When Australian fur seals get back to land they speed up their heart to clear waste products and replenish oxygen stores.

Data from the wildlife rescue group ORRCA shows an increase in the number of fur seal entanglements as they seek out fishing lines in attempts to find an easy meal.

Fur seals recover from deep dives long after leaving the sea, with heart rates peaking on land as they repay oxygen debt.

The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is among the most beloved sea animals, with its wet puppy dog eyes, big white whiskers, rolly poly gray body and slippery flippers. Unsurprisingly, the ...

Antarctic fur seals need ice-free ground in order to breed. Why are they disappearing? Leopard seals are the only seals that prey on other seal species although fur seals have rarely been on the menu ...

A northern fur seal pup rescued from Newport Beach pier last fall by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center was recently released back to the ocean, with hopes she returns to the Channel Islands where the ...

Cape fur seals can recognize their pup's cry just two hours after birth, remarkably earlier than other mammals. For context, only about 40% of women can identify their baby's cry 24 hours after birth.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location — a tiny ...