UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage ...

The ringed seal and the bearded seal were both listed under the Endangered Species Act in 2012, but neither has received a recovery plan as the law requires. Both seal species rely on sea ice to give ...

The new rules for ringed seals and bearded seals were prompted by a legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, which sued to force the long-overdue protections. “These vital habitat ...

A bearded seal normally found in icy Arctic waters has arrived in Shetland. Only a handful of the bearded seals have been spotted in Shetland since records began. Local wildlife expert Hugh Harrop ...

A man who got into a row after trying to touch a bearded seal which had taken up residence at a Shetland harbour has been fined. The bearded seal - normally found in icy Arctic waters - had made ...

A call from a friend’s son told Audun of a creature bobbing around in a fjord outside Tromsø. Investigating by boat, he found this bearded seal snoozing at the surface, its distinctive whiskers dried ...