This shows the recently extinct Caribbean monk seal, now classified as Neomonachus tropicalis. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

with only about 1,200 animals remaining. Scientists predict that the population will fall below 1,000 individuals within five years. Like the Mediterranean monk seal, also critically endangered, the ...

It's happened again: Another endangered Hawaiian monk seal has been found bludgeoned to death. It's the ninth suspicious death of a monk seal since 2009; some have been cruelly beaten, others shot.

The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the world’s most endangered ... protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

This Hawaiian monk seal pup was the first to be born on ... Hawaiian monk seals are one of the most endangered marine species in the United States, and although their marine range is expansive ...