Marine Mammal Stranding Center says the seal was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 19 after it was found consuming beach on the sand in Middletown.

A rescued harp seal that seemed to be on the road to recovery suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse on Wednesday and had to be euthanized, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Thursday. “This ...

A Harp seal who was recovering nicely at a NJ marine mammal stranding center after being rescued from a beach, has suddenly died.

As an Arctic species, Harp seals often consume snow and ice for fresh water. When they haul out on beaches, sick, dehydrated, and stressed Harp seals may start eating sand, confusing it for snow.

A harp seal dubbed Polaris was rescued by Whale and Dolphin Conservation last month at Nantasket Beach in Hull.

Harp seals live almost their entire lives in open water, coming up onto the ice for just 12 days each year to give birth. During this brief window, pups must make the most of every moment with ...

But in the case of harp seals, it’s really quite simple. If we lose the sea ice in the Arctic, we lose the harp seals. Dr James Grecian is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of ...

Polaris the seal is a tough old bird. The adult male harp seal found on Nantasket Beach in Hull last month was deemed well enough to be released back into the ocean on Wednesday, March 19 ...