Once on the brink of extinction, the rare marine mammal's populations are rising, thanks to conservation efforts.

“To protect an animal like the Mediterranean monk seal in its natural environment, you essentially have to protect the entire marine ecosystem,” he said. Conservation efforts have paid off, and in ...

The tiger arrived to the zoo in 2008 after being rescued from a wildlife trafficking operation, the zoo said. It lived to age ...

Cyprus is set to open a new facility dedicated to the care of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), ...

The last few years have been tough for one of the world's most endangered seals - the Saimaa ringed seal. Only around 360 of these freshwater seals now live in Finland and the survival of the species ...

The last confirmed sighting of a monk seal in Israel occurred in December 2024, when reservist soldiers reported one at the ...

Yulia is a Mediterranean monk seal, one of roughly 600-700 left in ... The species is classified as endangered. Yulia was listless and shaking when she first arrived on Israeli shores, and ...

The Caspian seal is the only mammal living in the Caspian Sea. This species was declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2008. In 2015, Dagestan approved a ...

The birth of one of Australia’s rarest marine predators has injected critical genetic diversity into the zoo’s captive ...

Welcomed by former outcasts, an endangered seal starts a dynasty at Kalaupapa National Historical Park. At first she was just a young seal swimming alone in unfamiliar waters. When she came ashore ...