The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow, protected lagoons of Mexico’s Baja ...

A seal pup who needed surgery on an injured flipper has been re-released into the wild, a charity has said. The Cornish Seal ...

Harbor seals pups will soon start to populate the beaches in the northeastern U.S. during seal pupping season.

They're wild animals with sharp teeth. And touching, feeding or disturb marine mammals can result in hefty fines or jail time ...

A harp seal spotted along the shore in Westbrook on March 27 died after officials at Mystic Aquarium were unable to nurse it back to health.

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The New York DEC warns residents to keep 150 feet away from seals as sightings rise this spring. Learn about marine mammal ...

The dedicated team at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary provided round-the-clock care following vital flipper surgery ...