A harp seal pup sits on a snow-covered beach near the town of Blanc-Sablon, Québec, in early March. Normally harp seals give birth and raise their pups on sea ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but ...

Yutaro Sasaki Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Guardian A Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) survey conducted more than three years ago found that northwest Atlantic harp seal pup counts were ...

A DFO survey conducted in March 2022 measured the pup count of northwest Atlantic harp seals at 614,100. Scientific data from DFO has found that despite hunting northwest Atlantic harp seals near ...

Connecting the dots Van de Walle said that the loss of life for the baby harp seals inside their mother’s womb could be explained by the decreasing biomass of capelin and lower ice coverage. “We also ...

Harp seal pups nurse on high-fat milk for about 12 days, gaining five pounds per day, and wean when they reach 80 pounds, according to NOAA Fisheries. After weaning, their mother leaves them on drift ...

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.

Patrick Weldon, director of the network's management and conservation unit, says his team received about 50 reports last week, including around 20 for actions deemed unacceptable against baby seals.

Baby seal found far from the beach in Connecticut city: 'Lucky' to be rescued Margie Cullen Thao Nguyen USA TODAY NETWORK 0:05 ...

Baby seal found far from the beach in Connecticut city: 'Lucky' to be rescued Margie Cullen Thao Nguyen USA TODAY NETWORK 0:05 ...