Seals are carnivorous marine mammals that are well adapted to hunting for fish underwater, where visibility is poor. In such conditions, seals rely on their highly sensitive whiskers to detect tiny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A herd of grey seals lie on Hay Island off the coast of Nova Scotia in 2009. (Paul Darrow/Reuters - image credit) Canadian ...

A Washington man walking across a bridge noticed a seal in the water below and started filming, only to discover the seal was chasing a fish. The result was amazing footage of an epic chase. A.J. Hoy ...

"The seal will have a better chance of guessing a fish's escape direction if it can tell the difference between the two vortex rings," says Wolf Hanke. To do this, the seals' whiskers would need to ...

The underweight seal ended up in the angler’s net after the animal and the man went for the same fish Now named Sunshine, the pup is recovering at RSPCA East Winch and being fed fish soup to regain ...

A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's eerily dim 'twilight zone.' Over the past 60 years, marine ...

Researchers are exposing the secrets of the world’s southernmost mammal, the Weddell seal. These seals, found in Antarctica’s Erebus Bay, live in rapidly changing environments. They can weigh up to ...

Seals employ extraordinary whiskers to hunt, now proven to decode fish escape strategies. Research shows seals can ...

The scientists put satellite tags on 26 ringed seals and GPS collars on 39 female polar bears in eastern Hudson Bay to track ...

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