Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal species. The Mediterranean monk seal is classified as "endangered", with a total population of about 700.

New research, led by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) at the University of St Andrews, develops method to better record breeding histories of seals, allowing for improved fecundity calculations.

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Northern fur seals are known to breed on only a few isolated islands in the North Pacific Ocean, with most of the U. S. population (75-80%) limited to the Pribilof Islands. In the Pribilofs, St. Paul ...

Mediterranean monk seals are among the most threatened marine mammals Researchers discovered a previously unknown breeding site for the species The site requires "urgent" protection because of the ...

In Argentina’s Península Valdés, elephant seals have returned to their breeding grounds, but their numbers are reduced. A massive outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza last year killed over 17,000 seals, ...

Nearly half of the breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, a remote island near Antarctica, have died in a bird flu outbreak, according to a new study published in the journal Communications ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal species. Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal species. The Mediterranean monk seal is classified as "endangered", with a total population of about 700.