Pinnipeds -- a group including seals, sea lions and walruses -- are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their ...

NORWALK, CT – Floor-to-ceiling windows offer great underwater views of the seals in “Pinniped Cove,” an enormous new seal habitat opening June 8 in The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk. Guests also can ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, a virus that spilled over from birds into marine mammals along the coast of South America, was linked to an estimated 52,000 pinniped deaths (seals and sea ...

The Maritime Aquarium welcomed a couple of new flippered friends to its Pinniped Cove exhibit in early January. The new Harbor seals, Feisty (a 33-year-old male) and Gracie (a 20-year-old female), ...

It’s a pinniped pup boom! At Drakes Beach on Point Reyes National Seashore, elephant seals have given birth in historic numbers, a welcome boon attributed to the season’s clement weather. In recent ...

NORWALK, Conn. (WTNH) — On Tuesday, the Maritime Aquarium unveiled the largest exhibit in its history. They built a new harbor seal habitat called Pinniped Cove. RELATED: Want to swim with sharks?

Dave Kastak, a researcher scientist in the Pinniped Cognition program at Long Marine Laboratory, died Jan. 12. Kastak had been part of the Long Marine Laboratory and marine mammal community for more ...

Three rehabilitated sea lion pups will be returned to the sea in Redondo Beach Friday morning. The release will coincide with ...

As state officials raise the issue of whether to consider the removal of sea lions and seals for the sake of reviving endangered salmon populations, research continues on the mammals’ impacts. In ...