Hawaiian monk seals grow to be 6-7 feet long, weigh 400-600 pounds, and can live more than 30 years. Males and females are generally the same size — the only way to tell them apart is to look at ...

The Center has been working to protect the Hawaiian monk seal since 2000, when we and allies filed suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for letting a lobster fishery and bottomfish ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: It's common to see Hawaiian monk seals sleeping and sunning themselves in the sand; do not be alarmed, they are perfectly OK. Be sure to stay 100 feet away from these ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: It's common to see Hawaiian monk seals sleeping and sunning themselves in the sand; do not be alarmed, they are perfectly OK. Be sure to stay 100 feet away from these ...

Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response has crowned their winner of the annual Chunky Seal Week, Aukai. The Hawaiian monk seal has given birth to at least four pups, and is known for her independent nature.

Her body’s covered in so many scars and shark bites that scientists don’t need to tag her to tell her apart from other seals. But for the population of Hawaiian monk seals, one of the world’s most ...

In 2024, the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office awarded around $7 million in grants and cooperative agreements to ...