However, the Desertas is an important haven for rare or endangered creatures and for them, time isn’t standing still. Most famously, the island is home to the critically endangered Mediterranean monk ...

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time isn’t standing still. Most famously, the island is home to the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal, one of the rarest seal species in the world. It’s also home to rare pea-sized ...

Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District are mourning the death of a male gray seal, Gunther, at the age of 33, ...

After two days of sudden closure, Buttonwood Park Zoo announced that Blue, its male Atlantic harbor seal, died. Here's what ...

Gray seal Gunther opens his mouth on cue during a training session with an American Trail animal keeper. (Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

Buttonwood Park Zoo's male Atlantic harbor seal Blue died Wednesday after a sudden illness. The seal was 21 years old. Atlantic harbor seals live about 25 years on average. Blue was the sole ...