There are only five seal populations worldwide that live year-round in freshwater habitats. The Baikal seal, probably the most well-known, lives in the deepest, oldest lake in the world, 1,600 ...

In Alaska, harbor seals thrive in the chilled water of Iliamna Lake, sliding their blubbery bodies onto floating pieces of ice for a winter rest. This group of round-eyed water dwellers has remained a ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska Lake Iliamna in Alaska is North America s eighth-largest lake, but nobody would mistake it for the Pacific Ocean. Not even a seabird. So when thousands of common murres were found ...

Alaska’s Iliamna Lake harbor seals have been difficult to study because of their remoteness. Alaska’s Iliamna Lake harbor seals Alaska’s Iliamna Lake harbor seals Alaska’s Iliamna Lake harbor seals ...

Alaska's Iliamna Lake harbor seals have been difficult to study because of their remoteness. They weren't even identified as harbor seals until 2013. Now, a new genetic study has found significant ...