This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Have you ever looked at ...

The function of an axial face seal, like felt radial seals, is to protect bearings from contaminants. It functions on a rotating or stationary shaft, but not an oscillating one. Rubber rotary-shaft ...

An elephant seal pup cries out on a crowded beach in San Simeon. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News) SAN SIMEON, Calif. (CN) — Sensing trouble, four elephant seal pups scamper in different directions as a ...

Biologist Valeria Falabella’s voice breaks as she describes the devastating scene. It was October 2023 when she and her team climbed down onto Punta Delgada Beach, in the Valdés Peninsula, a remote ...

Researchers say photo recognition could help scientists learn more about how seals move around. Arterra / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Have you ever looked at a seal and thought, Is that ...

Should you have feedback on this article, please complete the fields below. Please indicate if your feedback is in the form of a letter to the editor that you wish to have published. If so, please be ...

At the end of 2023, an outbreak of avian flu devastated a colony of southern elephant seals in Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula. It may take a century for the population to return to the 18,000 breeding ...