Tag: "seals"

Spotted seal, Alaska, Bering Sea - Credit: Captain Budd Christman for NOAA

Two of the Three Spotted Seal Populations Are Safe From Endangerment or Extinction

Of the three distinct populations of spotted seals, that inhabit the North Pacific Ocean, two total more than 200,000 individuals and are not currently in danger of extinction or likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future, but NOAA’s NMFS is proposing to list a third smaller population as threatened.

Government Preparing More Protected Habitat for Hawaiian Monk Seal

Government Preparing More Protected Habitat for Hawaiian Monk Seal

The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance has successfully petitioned the federal government to expand critical habitat for highly endangered Hawaiian monk seals.