Seals are semi-aquatic marine mammals. They’re also known as pinnipeds, which means ‘fin-footed’, referring to the large flippers they have for arms and legs. Combined with their streamlined, ...

The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth ...

Not all animals lie down to give birth. Discover the animals that give birth standing up and learn about the reasons for this ...

Gingerbread is the first of over 5,000 pups that will be born between now and February along the beaches of the Piedras Blancas rookery. The rookery includes the boardwalks of the viewpoint and ...

Hi Taylor: I love Christmas time and the joy it brings my children. At the same time, I feel like I haven’t done the best job teaching them how it’s better to give than to receive. How do I get them ...

A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a technical term, it galumphed. The creature was apparently lost, curious and well below New Zealand 's legal drinking age. It lodged itself under the dishwasher ...

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You might expect a stingray to lay eggs, like many of the world’s fish. However, stingrays give birth to live young, similar to sharks. One Instagram video from Explaining the Ocean provides a ...

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When my first child was 18 months old, I decided it was time for a redo. It’s not that I wanted to replace my son, but I did want a different kind of birth experience. His delivery had ended with ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do. A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen in ...