The UK is home to over a third of the world’s grey seal population, according to SMRU. The animals’ increase, since the cessation of culls in the 1970s and the ban of hunting in the early 1980s, has ...
University of St Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) has found similar declines in Southeast England, and there are concerns the seals are being attacked and eaten by larger grey seals. The UK is ...
Scientists are to probe a mystery decline in seal numbers which has seen their populations drop in Scotland. In some areas, harbour seal numbers are in decline or are at drastically depleted levels ...
The U.K. is home to two species of seal, the gray seal and the smaller harbor seal. In some areas of Scotland, harbor seal numbers are in decline or are at drastically depleted levels compared to ...
Earless seals have ears they are just hidden beneath the surface of their skin. Image via Unsplash They are the most abundant in the Northern Hemisphere and are fairly small, with little difference in ...