seals

The federal government has designated the deaths of nearly 160 seals since the start of June as an "unusual mortality event" along Maine's coast.

Since May, 92 stranded seals have been found along the Maine coast from Biddeford to Boothbay. And starting in June, the vast majority were found dead, triple the rate of what's typically seen this time of year, according to NOAA.

Around 70 harp seals have been stranded in Maine since the beginning of the year, according to rescue organization Marine Mammals of Maine.Executive…

The recent news about hundreds of dead seals washing ashore in New England raises questions about the health of marine mammals in and around the Gulf of…

The federal government is declaring the deaths of hundreds of seals off the New England coast this summer to be "an unusual mortality event,” and it is…