Image caption, The seal pup was spotted at Cove Bay 15 September 2021 A young seal of a species normally found in Arctic waters is being cared for after turning up in a bay in Aberdeen.

Jan. 27—When a ringed seal pup wakes up, all she sees around is blue ice. From the first moments of her life in an ice cave to venturing out to the Arctic on her own, every step of the pup's ...

Scientists have already observed and predicted that high ringed seal pup mortality rates are linked to poor environmental conditions like early ice breakup and low snow. Researchers have now gone ...

“Natchiq Grows Up: The Story of a Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home” has its roots in scientific research about ringed seals in Northwest Alaska that was conducted in the 1980s.

The book, released last month, is called Natchiq Grows Up: The Story of a Ringed Seal Pup and Her Changing Home. It follows Natchiq, which means ringed seal in Iñupiaq, who lives in her snow cave ...

Ringed seal pup on the ice during a snow storm (Pusa hispida), Svalbard, Norway. Getty. According to NOAA’s Arctic Report Card, there is a long-term trend in declining snow cover in the Arctic.

The ringed seal is the smallest and most common species of seal in the arctic, weighing from 110 – 150lbs. It is solitary, has silver rings encircling its dark back and sides, and is the primary ...

If discovered as fossils, grey and ringed seals are so different that they could be classified as belonging to different families. Yet, a seal pup born in 1929 was found to be an almost perfect ...

A ringed seal in a tank at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, 2013. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images. This seal pup found in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been estimated to be between six and eight weeks of age.

Two Saimaa ringed seal pups were found drowned in fishing nets this week, the Finnish forestry and wildlife agency Metsähallitus confirmed. The discoveries were reported by local fishermen. On Monday, ...