Washington - Harp seal pups off the coast of eastern Canada are dying at alarming rates due to a loss of winter ice cover, according to US scientists who questioned on Wednesday if the population will ...

Harp seals are an ice-obligate species; they require a stable sea platform of ice for pups to survive. Born on the ice in late February and early March, the pups nurse for 12 to 15 days before ...

Harp seal populations in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence have declined, thanks in part to ice conditions. File PHOTO BY KEITH GOSSE /The Telegram ...

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.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, New Jersey, welcomed a big new patient last week. A 154-pound harp seal was hauled out of Brant Beach in Long Beach Island on March 8.

“Harp seals are one of our most fascinating winter visitors,” MMSC said in the post. “We typically see juveniles and two-to-three year-olds, but are sometimes graced by the beautiful black ...

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LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WABC) -- The Marine Mammal Stranding Center rescued a harp seal on March 8 after it was found sick and dehydrated on Branch Beach in Ocean County, New Jersey.

The harp seal was spotted resting on Independence Park Beach on Sunday morning, near the jetty at the end of Wilson Avenue, according to Beverly Animal Control.

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The harp seal, #24-023, traveled more than 600 miles to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He was "looking plump and content," according to the MMSC in a post on Facebook.