Just a few short decades ago, there were no fur seals to be found on the Farallon Islands, off the coast of San Francisco.

Mystic Aquarium announced the first birth of a Northern fur seal pup in 20 years! Weighing in at 11.4 pounds, a male Northern ...

The aquarium said staff members chose their five favorite names, and the winner will be decided by the public.

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

McChesney estimates that a staggering 150,000 seals were killed between 1810 and 1838. Protection began in 1911 with the Northern Fur Seal Treaty, which banned the hunting of fur seals at sea.

The bodies of six fur seal pups have been found decapitated in a popular bay on New Zealand's South Island. The 11-month-old seals were discovered on Monday by a tourism operator in Scenery Nook ...

In 1911, the United States signed the Northern Fur Seal Treaty, banning the hunting of marine mammals at sea. The Marine Mammal Protection Act, which prohibits killing and disturbing animals ...