March 23 – 27 is Seal and Sea Lion Week at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. Those who know Astoria know the sound of a sea lion’s bark. Even Haley Ojala’s 8 month old son recognizes ...

This latest title in the "Of the World" series - the seventeenth - covers that fascinating group of animals whose evolution into their present forms and life-styles seems almost contradictory. While ...

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial image of the elephant seal colony at St. Andrew's Bay, one of the largest populations of southern elephant seals on ...

I couldn’t agree more with those who say the seals and sea lions are the primary problem we La Jollans face. Our best beaches are being taken over by them. Most outrageous was the decision to ignore ...

People, pinnipeds, and sea otters of the northeast Pacific / Torben C. Rick, Todd J. Braje, and Robert L. DeLong -- A history of paleoecological research on sea otters and pinnipeds of the eastern ...