As Christmas nears, things start to generally get tense for Santa, and for this one especially. A confused-looking seal, dubbed "Santa the seal" by onlookers, ended up stopping traffic after somehow ...

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. At least 24 ...

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.

Dead seals are washing up along beaches in South Africa’s port city of Cape Town, a coastal management official told CNN Friday, amid an outbreak of rabies in the marine animals. “We believe this to ...

Source: Bries, via Wikimedia Commons. From mid-October through early January, the Pelican Point Cape fur seal breeding colony in Namibia is bustling with activity. Thousands of seals tightly pack ...

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Now here's a question for all the parents out there. Would you be able to pick your child's cry out of a lineup? MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It's not as easy as you might think. Only 40% of us human ...