Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adaptability is the trait that, before all others, allows a species to survive when its environment is changing. At the end of the ...

Researchers warn that today's hunting quotas of about 3,000 animals pose a risk to the long-term survival of the grey seal in the Baltic Sea. The conclusions of this new study are based on statistics ...

A recent study explored how human activity and environmental changes affect the structure and development of the ringed seal population. The Baltic ringed seal population has increased fivefold since ...

Populations of charismatic animals have recovered since hunting ban but now struggle to find enough food. Antarctic fur seals that were hunted to near extinction have recovered but now face dangerous ...

The grey seal in the Baltic Sea was highly endangered, at the end of the 1970s there were only 5,000 animals left out of the original 90,000. Since then, the seal population has recovered and today ...