There are only five seal populations worldwide that live year-round in freshwater habitats. The Baikal seal, probably the ...

In Alaska, harbor seals thrive in the chilled water of Iliamna Lake, sliding their blubbery bodies onto floating pieces of ...

Alaska's Iliamna Lake harbor seals have been difficult to study because of their remoteness. They weren't even identified as harbor seals until 2013. Now, a new genetic study has found significant ...

However, perhaps the most enigmatic population of freshwater seals can be found a little closer to home in Alaska’s Iliamna Lake. Despite their wider anonymity, the Iliamna seals have long been ...

Alaska’s Iliamna Lake harbor seals commonly move more than 200 kilometers. Researchers hypothesized that they move regularly between freshwater and marine habitats.

Two US Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures and a lack of understanding about what to do ...

Two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures, a military probe of the January deaths found.

Mr Jarvis said it was essential the organisation continued to provide rescue facilities for grey seals as there were "only about 350,000 worldwide" and Cornwall was a stronghold for them.

A new report by the U.S. Navy has concluded that both men's deaths were preventable, but exactly why the deaths of two elite Navy SEALs were not prevented is more murky. The Navy's report on its ...

"In the previous couple of seasons we have completely filled this unit on a regular basis." Mr Jarvis said it was essential the organisation continued to provide rescue facilities for grey seals as ...