Her favorite toy was a stuffed duck with a Quaker inside, which she’d carry around and mouth if she was feeling stressed out.

Panagis is one of dozens of Mediterranean monk seals, or Monachus monachus, that have been nursed back to health by Greece’s ...

octopus and crustaceans. This species is now one of the most endangered mammals on Earth due to historic hunting and human encroachment on its habitat. Mediterranean monk seals used to rest on open ...

Sleek and remarkably fast in the water, the monk seal is a skillful hunter and can consume up to 3 kilograms (6 pounds) of fish, octopus and squid a day. But it’s not averse to a ready meal ...

Panagis hauls himself out of the pool at a rehabilitation centre in Greece and scurries over for a delectable lunch: whole mackerel. It's been about three months since the orphaned seal pup was found ...