But he is now making good strides at the zoo in Pretoria after a harrowing ordeal over the past eight months. Cape fur seal named Captain-Z thriving in new home at Pretoria Zoo Home Page ...

The Cape fur seal found its way to the road in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 21, local channel News24 reported. "It seems not even Cape Town's wildlife is immune to the Christmas spirit!" ...

Cape Town - Increased aggression in Cape fur seals that has led to attacks on humans at Cape Town beaches, has been directly linked to the presence of rabies. This is among the findings by City ...

A sunbaking fur seal has spent a night recuperating in Melbourne Zoo after defying a police rescue and twice parking itself on a busy seaside road on Saturday. The young male New Zealand fur seal ...

Along South Africa’s coast, an outbreak of rabies in seals was identified. It is the first time the virus has spread among marine mammals, namely in 24 Cape fur seals.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the virus has spread in sea mammals.

A Cape fur seal on Seal Island near Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Scientists are trying to work out how rabies was passed to the seals, ...

Cape fur seals can recognize their pup's cry just two hours after birth, remarkably earlier than other mammals. For context, only about 40% of women can identify their baby's cry 24 hours after birth.

Cape fur seals are abundant and play a fundamental role in the marine system. “The vast majority are living healthy lives. If a seal is ashore in a public place, ...

Although the boat is about a mile away, the scientists aboard the research vessel can still hear the low, growling noise being emitted by a male Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus).The ...

Sad news from Germany’s Dortmund Zoo: Shortly after the public debut of an extremely rare — and extremely adorable — baby albino fur seal, the seal pup’s mom died suddenly.Zoo officials ...