Both seals and sea lions dominate their environments, but what happens when their worlds collide? We explore each animal’s ...

One of the biggest and most pronounced differences between seals and sea lions are their ears. The ears on a seal are internal with small openings on both sides of its head. They don’t have ...

A giraffe's foot; a California sea lion skull; a harbor seal flipper; dolphin skull ... A stingray’s skeleton is made entirely of cartilage. Anteaters and pangolins, which slurp down insects ...

They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...

Sites like this one, at Whale Rocks off Lopez and San Juan islands, are now havens for more of the charismatic sea lions and seals than ever. And they’re hungry for the Pacific Northwest’s ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear ...

“So today was an exciting day. We returned two Guadalupe Fur Seals and one adult California Sea lion,” said Jeni Smith, Curator of the SeaWorld San Diego Rescue Project. Though actually sea ...