The seal was so unusual-looking it prompted some viewers to ask if the photograph was real. The photograph is legitimate and depicts a ribbon seal, a species of seal known for the striking types ...

The uniquely patterned ribbon seal, long the most elusive and least understood of the true seals, is breathtakingly beautiful with its slender body, huge black eyes, and striking bands of white fur.

A ribbon seal commonly found in the frigid waters off the coasts of Alaska and Russia has been seen twice in the Seattle area. It’s quite unusual to observe the animals this far south ...

A ribbon seal commonly found in the frigid waters off the coasts of Alaska and Russia has been spotted twice in the Seattle area. It’s quite unusual to observe the animals this far south ...

Reedy, who has also worked in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, knew immediately what the animal was- a ribbon seal: "I just could not believe my eyes. I kept thinking to myself, I must be seeing ...

Ribbon seals do not face extinction and don’t need to be added to the endangered species list, the government said Tuesday. Because of the melting of sea ice caused by global warming ...

SAN FRANCISCO— Today the Center for Biological Diversity filed a scientific petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect the ribbon seal under the federal Endangered Species Act due ...

Federal scientists have decided to consider the little-known ribbon seal for listing under the Endangered Species Act on the basis of a petition presenting evidence that its Arctic sea ice home is ...

Ribbon seals do not currently face extinction and don't need to be added to the endangered species list, the government said Tuesday. Because of the melting of sea ice due to global warming ...