I didn’t tell the girls to shoot it again, fearing the seal would sink to the bottom, irretrievable. I had done this once before, when hunting with my Dad. My nephew, Arctic, had wounded an ugruk.

The seal population is now growing, but our research shows that, if the current hunting quota of 3,000 animals per year is met, the survival of the grey seal in the Baltic Sea will once again be ...

See our letters to the editor policy. This article appeared in the May 2024 print edition of the magazine with the headline “All-lady seal-hunting crew.” ...

However, coyotes have been documented hunting harbor seals elsewhere along the West Coast, specifically in Washington and Canada, for several decades, said Christine Wilkinson, a conservation ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg warn that today's hunting quotas of about 3,000 animals pose a risk to the long-term survival of the grey seal in the Baltic Sea. The conclusions of ...

A partnership between federal scientists and St. Paul Island tribes might guide Alaska’s marine mammals – and those who depend on them – through climate shifts.

Winners of the annual seal hunting competition posing in front of a dinghy, the competition prize, in Nuuk, Greenland. Credit: AP It took about an hour for the first hunter to come back with the seal.

Don't move!" A seal can see tall shadows against the whiteness of the ice. A seal, it is believed, can hear and understand humans. "You must keep low," she says, to better blend into the landscape.

This year's seal hunt in Canada has also been called the biggest in decades. Last year, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans increased the quota for the harvest of harp seals, allowing ...