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Inside LI Aquarium's massive shark tank where visitors dive with 'Jaws'-like predators on spot's 25th anniversary

The Long Island Aquarium is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and is doing so with many of its original marine life still flipping and swimming in Riverhead.

Centuries-old books were bound with 'hairy' animal skin covers by French monks: study

The hair-raising 13th century reads were previously thought to be bound with local boar and deer skin.

Toxic algal bloom leads to strandings of dolphins, seals on Calif. coast

Marine life care centers across Southern California are reporting a surge in the number of stranded dolphins and sick seals, likely caused by a growing toxic algal bloom off the coast.

Baby seal rescued after being found on Connecticut street has died, 'devastated' aquarium reveals

A baby seal found stranded on a street near Connecticut’s Yale University last month has died from severe digestive issues, a local aquarium announced Monday.

Mysterious baby seal flops into middle of Connecticut city: 'He was here to try the clam pizza'

Police in New Haven said a passerby spotted a baby seal in the middle of the city on Sunday -- and it's still a mystery how the cute critter got...

One trillion-ton 'megaberg' on crash course with UK island

The iceberg cometh. The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a British island off Antarctica, potentially jeopardizing both marine life and ships in the area.

More than 400 fur seal pups spotted off San Francisco coast in 'truly remarkable' comeback

Over 400 fur seal pups were found resting in an inlet at the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge off the coast of San Francisco, CA.

Meet the woman who's photographing the world and her new book: 'Hope'

The Mexico native has spent over three decades traveling to more than 130 countries.

Bewildered seal spotted in the mouth of a humpback whale in wild photo

“It only took a couple seconds for everybody to pull up the frames and zoom in,” McKeen said. “That’s when we saw the seal. It was a funny, funny moment...

Shark devours seal just offshore from popular vacation spot in gruesome video

"I was videotaping the seals and I was like ‘Is that blood? Wait! That is a shark and he is eating the seal.'"

Here's why are so many seals suddenly stranded in and around NYC?

The light-colored seal that popped up on the sand on Coney Island Wednesday is part of a yearly spate of beached seals in the New York area.

'Feisty' seal pup found in the middle of a roadway

The three-week-old pup was found crying on Polpis Road by Crossing Guard Jamie Grimes.

Marine scientists solve mystery behind decapitations of seal pups on California coast

Since at least 2015, headless seal pup carcasses had turned up on northern California beaches.

Neil the seal is the internet sensation taking over Tasmania

Neil the seal is stealing hearts around the globe. The Tasmanian sensation is a colossal 1,300-pound elephant seal hilariously causing chaos in the town of Dunalley, Australia.

Luseal, Jersey Shore's beloved one-eyed seal, dies at 34

Luseal, a blind harbor seal who became a beloved attraction at a Jersey Shore aquarium, has died at the ripe old age of 34.

Baby seal rides the waves with California surfers in adorable video

A baby seal was seen splashing in the waves alongside a number of California surfers near San Diego over the weekend, and even clambered onto their boards alongside them to...

Lost baby seal rescued after trying to cross busy NJ highway

Forget the chicken — why did a seal pup cross the road? A baby seal who’d lost her way was rescued and returned to the wild.

Thousands of dead seals wash up on Russian shore

Federal Fisheries Agency experts and prosecutors examined the coastline and collected data for lab research.

Seal conservation efforts aided by new facial recognition technology

SealNet, automated facial recognition technology using a database of seal faces, was developed by a research team at Colgate University and will assist in conservation efforts.