These seals are named for the dark harp-shaped pattern on their back that forms in their adult coat. This species is most commonly found dwelling on the ice in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans ...

As an Arctic species, Harp seals often consume snow and ice for fresh water. When they haul out on beaches, sick, dehydrated, and stressed Harp seals may start eating sand, confusing it for snow.

But in the case of harp seals, it’s really quite simple. If we lose the sea ice in the Arctic, we lose the harp seals. Dr James Grecian is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of ...

Amid a warming climate and disappearing traditional knowledge, Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic are grappling ... up in an outfit made from a harp seal. Before a camping trip, a homemade ...

Harp seals live almost their entire lives in open ... are thrust from the safety of their mother’s womb into the frigid Arctic. filming wildlife is high stakes and high reward The team had ...