NMFS has received a request from the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Mukilteo Wingwalls Repair Project in Puget Sound, ...

Ocorrência de Mirounga leonina Linnaeus (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) no extremo-sul do Brasil: agressão e patologias Occurrence of Mirüunga leonina Linnaeus (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from Southernmost Brazil: ...

Eva Erickson was the second-place finisher on “Survivor” and the first openly autistic person to compete on the popular reality TV show. She’s also pursuing a PhD at Brown University.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an incidental harassment authorization ...

Canidae, Otariidae and Phocidae have retained only one lineage each, Ursidae and Mustelidae have retained all three lineages, and in Mustelidae duplications have occurred in two of the lineages.

The family of Phocidae contains all of the true seals; they are sometimes called crawling seals or earless seals to distinguish them from other types of seals. The family of Otariidae contains 16 ...

Canine distemper (CD) is a multisystemic disease impacting a wide variety of animal families, including members of Canidae, Felidae, Mustelidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae, Phocidae, Viverridae, Hyaenidae, ...

Kazakhstan is preparing to create a state nature reserve to preserve the Endangered Caspian Seal. The reserve will be located in the Caspian Sea on the Mangistau and Atyrau regions. The total area ...

The project "OceanSpeak" recently received support from the Swedish Research Council Formas to develop a virtual seal that will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) to make life ...

Yet, while seals (specifically true seals) and sea lions might look similar, they come from different families in their taxonomy: Phocidae and Otariidae, respectively.