You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BIDDEFORD — A harp seal pup rescued off the coast of Maine is being ...

Baby's first swim: Mother harp seal coaxes her fluffy two-week-old pup into the icy waters of the Arctic. Harp seals abandon their young after 12-15 days, so they learn to swim, eat and fend for ...

The zoo's 6-year-old gray seal, Rona, gave birth to the pup on Dec. 28 ... Louisville Zoo Welcomes New Baby Seal Pup: ... during which seal pups gain around 100 pounds from the mother's high-fat milk.

According to Marine Mammals of Maine, harp seals are born in the Arctic in February and March on pack ice and are nursed on high-fat milk for 12 days, so a pup from this species in our region is rare.

A recently weaned harp seal pup swims in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Female harp seals give birth on ice. For two weeks, pups build up fat reserves, enabling them to be weaned from their mothers, to ...

Gray seal milk is about 60 percent fat, allowing the pup to pack on weight quickly during those three weeks. After that, she will switch over to the same diet that the other seals at the Zoo enjoy.

A baby harp seal was discovered Sunday on a beach in southern New Jersey, the third Arctic seal found well south of its natural habitat in a week, a wildlife expert said. The tired and hungry pup ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The size of the gray seal family at Brookfield Zoo has increased by one after a new female pup was born on Jan. 2, 2016. Her mom is 11-year-old Lily and the new pup's ...

Stranded on a beach all alone, this starving harp seal pup faces a bleak and, most likely, short future. The pup is one of tens of thousands who have washed up on beaches in Canada's Gulf Of St ...