The rabies outbreak among Cape fur seals is ongoing, with little chance of ending naturally, experts have warned.

A groundbreaking Cape Town-made documentary, Out of the Blue, premiered on 11 January 2025, unravels the shocking story of how rabies jumped from jackals to seals and what this could mean for marine ...

A sea creature who was rescued as a baby is now “all grown up” and “thriving” as an adult back in the wild, California officials said. The creature, a Guadalupe fur seal nicknamed Sallyfur ...

As the world marks International Seal Day on Saturday, the Two Oceans Aquarium and the City of Cape Town have teamed up to ...

State veterinarian for epidemiology at the Western Cape Agriculture Department, Dr Lesley van Helden, said the population was ...

The fur seal had come from Guanabara Bay and only stayed there for a few minutes before heading back out to sea, city authorities in Niterói reported. Last Wednesday, a fur seal appeared on ...

They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...