The South African coastline is witnessing an alarming first: a rabies outbreak spreading through its Cape fur seal population. This unprecedented situation has raised concerns about a potential ...

A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks. Great white ...

They include the Guadalupe fur seal of Baja California, the brown fur seal of southern Africa and Australia, and the South American fur seal. Fur seals have sharp eyesight and keen hearing.

I’m a marine biologist from South Africa, and I’ve been fascinated ... to film interactions between great white sharks and Cape fur seals. Before joining the team, I’d spent nearly 15 ...

from South Africa’s False Bay triggered changes throughout the food chain. With the loss of the top predator in the area, populations of its prey species, such as fur seals and sevengill sharks ...