The seals slowly spiral downwards as they sleep – sometimes actually ending up lying on the seafloor – reaching depths where their predators are seldom if ever present. In fact, most shark and ...

A family of killer whales has been seen hunting seals near the Farne Islands. The pod of orcas were spotted on Sunday by ...

While it’s unlikely you’ll ever encounter one of these apex predators unless you find yourself down in the southern hemisphere, leopard seals wield a fearsome reputation and bite. Leopard seals are ...

The six gray seals had spent nearly two months being rehabilitated after they were found entangled in fishing gear.

Finding dead seals along California’s coast is not novel in and of itself. The marine mammals get sick, are stillborn or even wash ashore after being fatally struck by a boat. But decapitated seals?

“Typically, white sharks migrate between mid-May and late June from their overwintering grounds off the southeastern U.S. to summer feeding areas off Cape Cod or Atlantic Canada regions with thriving ...

To swim home, the seals had to cross the deep Monterey Canyon — a locale similar to the deep, predator-fraught waters frequented by seals on months-long foraging trips. Matching the seals’ EEG ...

The combination of the extreme climate in Antarctica, the species' solitary habits and their lethal reputation makes leopard seals one of the most difficult top predators to study on Earth.

Harbor seals play "an essential role in the bay's ecology as a top predator species," according to Save The Bay. Harbor seals leave the bay and head north in the warmer months, according to Lewis.

Preliminary data from a pilot project on the Stillaguamish River shows that seal predation may not be the biggest limiting factor for two populations of threatened Chinook — other predators and ...