New recordings show Hawaiian monk seals use many more sounds than scientists ever realized.

A newborn Hawaiian monk seal plucked from the shores of Hawaii island last month is now gaining weight at Ke Kai Ola, a monk seal hospital in Kailua-Kona. Monk seal RU72 was just 3 days old when ...

Sales of the Real Seal toys support research to help save the endangered Hawaiian monk seal population. For that special Christmas gift, how about saving an endangered species? That’s the goal of the ...

Despite their tranquil appearance, Hawaiian monk seals have plenty to say underwater. A new study published in Royal Society Open Science found that the endangered mammals produce 25 distinct ...

NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS -- Endangered seals in Hawaii keep getting themselves into a pickle that scientists just can't quite figure out: they're getting eels stuck in their noses. NOAA Fisheries ...

COURTESY NOAA FISHERIES /CLAUDIA CEDILLO Monk seal DT46 on a ride back to Papahanaumokuakea with NOAA Fisheries field camp researchers. 1 /3 COURTESY NOAA FISHERIES /CLAUDIA CEDILLO Monk seal DT46 on ...

Hawaii’s endangered monk seals are beloved creatures and highly protected by state law. Yet scientists have been unable to protect them from nostril-invading eels. For almost a decade, biologists have ...

A Hawaiian monk seal and its pup lie on the beach in this photograph provided by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. With March through August being the primary birthing season for the ...

HONOLULU (Island News) – NOAA Fisheries is reminding the public how crucial it is to give seal mothers and pups space during their nursing period as two monk seal pups remain under care at The Marine ...

State officials are reminding the public that peak Hawaiian monk seal pupping season is underway, and to give mom-and-pup pairs plenty of space as they nurse and rest along shorelines. Although monk ...

NUUANU, Hawaii (KHON2) — Curiosity took over a Hawaiian monk seal on Thursday, Sept. 25, after a KHON2 viewer spotted the beloved marine mammal in unusual waters. The viewer sent in multiple videos of ...

Four rehabilitated Hawaiian monk seals have been returned to the wild, according to NOAA Fisheries. The endangered seals got a second chance at life with some help from NOAA as well as Ke Kai Ola, the ...