The Falkland Islands is home to the largest population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus asutralis australis) in the world, according to a recent scientific paper. The study, led by Dr Al ...

It’s easy to confuse two animals. Believe me, I do it much too often. I’m talking leopard vs. cheetah or emu vs. ostrich. But it doesn’t have to be as difficult to differentiate between two similar ...

the brown fur seal of southern Africa and Australia, and the South American fur seal. Fur seals have sharp eyesight and keen hearing. They have small ears, unlike the earless or hair seals.

A Guadalupe fur seal was spotted in the wild years after ... and previously covered LGBTQ+ news for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. When they’re not writing stories, they enjoy hanging out ...