A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionarily more differentiated than previously known. In fact, the study suggests ...

A new study confounds conceptions about the origins of the Saimaa ringed seal. In addition, scientists have observed that the genetic diversity of the Saimaa ringed seal decreased in the 20th century ...

The small blue ring octopus is extremely venomous, with toxin 1,200 times more powerful than cyanide. Its bite can swiftly paralyze, potentially leading to death within 20 minutes. There is no known ...

A recent study reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionally much more differentiated than previously known. Indeed, researchers suggest that instead of a subspecies, it should be considered ...

Saimaa ringed seal mothers and their newborns have huddled in pupping lairs along the shores of this inland archipelago in southeastern Finland since time immemorial. Expectant females shape their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A teenager in Australia nearly died from a poison octopus' bite after he pocketed a seaside souvenir. 18-year-old Jacob Ettington ...

Two tourists have shocked Aussies by playing with a deadly blue-ringed octopus — repeatedly putting it on one of their arms. The backpackers, from Exeter, in the UK, were fishing in Burnett Heads in ...

Ringed seals (Phoca (pusa) hispida), which are the most abundant seals in the Arctic, rely on stable sea ice to survive. The ice is where they rest, molt and reproduce. But that ice is disappearing.

An Arctic seal that relies on sea ice to reproduce will be granted threatened species protection thanks to a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Overturning a decision from a lower court, ...