“We know that pet therapy helps physically, psychologically and socially, ... The Paro, which costs around $2,500 (which is probably more than an actual live baby harp seal costs), ...

This year about 1,000 visitors are expected to take tours to see, photograph and pet the baby harp seals, which grow from 5 to 40 pounds within two weeks of birth.

Robot pets with all the emotional and wellbeing advantages of real pets, but that never poop, bite, scratch, dig holes, get sick or run away. ... PARO is modeled on a baby harp seal, ...

Shibata chose a baby harp seal because patients have certain expectations from common pets like cats and dogs. Plus, baby seals are cute, he told Technical.ly. “In the cases of baby seals, as most ...

Like many other creatures, baby harp seals have a distinctive look that protects them until they become less vulnerable. While adults have scattered dark spots around their bodies, newborn babies ...

Club-wielding sealers are no longer the biggest threat to Canada's harp seals Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...

A rescued harp seal that seemed to be on the road to recovery suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse on Wednesday and had to be euthanized, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Thursday.

Paro, available for $6,000 from Paro Robots U.S. Inc. in Itasca, Ill., is built to behave as though it’s a real animal — maybe not a real baby harp seal, but a real baby of some species that ...

Both grey seals and harp seals may be seen at ... Don’t pet the baby seals! By Marc Montgomery | [email protected] Posted: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 15:30 Last Updated: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 15:43.

A baby seal from Japan is about to set flipper on U.S. shores. But unlike its wild counterparts, this seal is one that people are encouraged to touch and hold for as long as they like.

Paro, a robotic baby harp seal introduced to the United States by Japanese researchers in 2009, has raised questions about the role of robotic devices in long-term care.