SAN FRANCISCO— In a formal petition filed today, three conservation groups requested that the federal government protect areas on the main Hawaiian islands as critical habitat for the Hawaiian monk ...

HONOLULU — The population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals ... Terrestrial habitat loss is just one of the problems facing the population. Seals are often entangled in fishing nets and other ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The federal government has proposed to designate more than 11,000 square miles of critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals. The proposed rule protects beaches and coastal ...

HONOLULU -- The U.S. federal government on Friday will significantly expand the critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals to include beaches and waters of the main Hawaiian Islands ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In a remote atoll 500 miles northwest of Oahu, seven researchers embarked on a crucial endeavor to study Hawaiian monk seals ... they face is habitat loss.

Hawaiian monk seals ... Yet despite these efforts, the seals continue to face various threats, including habitat loss, shark predation, and entanglement in fishing gear. While odd, the rise ...

Habitat loss, disease and intentional killing, among other reasons, are all factors which threaten the Hawaiian monk seal species.

WASHINGTON (CN) - New research on the Hawaiian monk seal reveals a need to expand the habitat for the mammal protected under the Endangered Species Act, according to the National Marine Fisheries ...

The DLNR is issuing citations to those with unleashed dogs on Hawaiian beaches during monk seal pupping season, to protect ...

Hawaii Kaimana Beach -- There's an adorable new monk seal pup on ... to be just around 1,570 seals left in the wild. The species is threatened by habitat loss, entanglement in fishing gear ...

There are fewer than 1,600 Hawaiian monk seals in the wild and it's a felony ... in the water and can move very fast in their natural habitat," DLNR said. Officials encourage people to use other ...