(CN) - Alaska revenue will suffer if the United States designates two species of bearded, Arctic seals as threatened, the state's attorney general claims in Federal Court. Bearded seals are the ...

For Byron Adams, subsistence hunting is not only about providing food, it is also about teaching the young generation traditional practices. Earlier this summer, Kivalina hunters — Byron Adams, Tommy ...

Climate change is scary news for seals in many more ways than one. Besides degrading and eliminating necessary sea-ice habitat, warming depletes their prey, makes them more vulnerable to predators and ...

Vocal communication is a primary key to survival for many species, including the Arctic Ocean's bearded seals. According to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), bearded seals live ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - During mating season, male bearded seals make loud calls to attract a mate. How loud? Well, even their "quiet" call can still be as ear-rattling as a chainsaw. These elaborate ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— A federal appeals court today upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service’s decision to protect bearded seals in Alaska as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The 9th ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – The delay and decline in arctic sea ice formation as a result of global warming threatens bearded and ringed seals with extinction across their range, according to the National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bearded seal swimming in Arctic waters in Svalbard, Norway. Their name comes from the long and sensitive facial whiskers that ...

A bearded seal rests on ice in 2011 off the coast of Alaska. (Photo by John Jansen/NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center) After almost a decade of delays, the federal government is moving forward on ...

As human activity increases in the Arctic, seals might not be able to make enough noise to find mates, according to a new paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. “(Male) seals use their voices to ...

Ithaca, NY-- During mating season, male bearded seals make loud calls to attract a mate--even their "quiet" call could still be as ear-rattling as a chainsaw. Bearded seals have to be loud to be heard ...