WATCH the moment a seal was seen eating an eel off Studland beach over the weekend. Kathryn Chinchen spotted the seal ...

From Shoals to Hampton Harbor, gray seals are everywhere. Biologist Ellen Goethel shares what’s behind their summer 2025 surge — and why it matters.

He says fishermen see the seals as “totally protected eating machines.” “They've destroyed a lot of the inshore fish populations," he says. "They've become a real nuisance to people, fishermen.

As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe ...

Julia Musto Fri, November 1, 2024 at 9:04 PM UTC 3 min read Early seal gets the fish: Secret hunting habits of Weddell seals are revealed ...

The seals returned two months later, and after retrieving four tags the team discovered most of the group had trekked more than 1,800 miles deep into ocean regions known to be teeming with fish ...

The gate to the dock has been closed since July 9 to give the animals space after a woman handled the pup illegally, parks ...

Jameswalterbcfc observed: "Even seal don't like seagulls." A separate video, uploaded in July, showed Buddy celebrating his seventh birthday, with a special "fish cake" made by staff.

Beginning in 2020, Bogaard tested the TAST at the Ballard Locks. She found that although the number of seals in the area remained the same, the seals stayed farther from the fish ladder.

Has a shark, seal, dolphin, bird, or other animal snagged your hooked fish while fighting it on the end of your fishing line? Researchers from UMass Amherst want to hear from you.

Cranky little fish – you belong on Exeter’s town seal – and now that the final dam has been removed, we welcome you back. — Barbara Rimkunas is curator of the Exeter Historical Society.