Seals Stories

How would offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic impact wildlife?

How a handful of the Arctic’s abundant wildlife would be impacted by offshore drilling and a potential oil spill in the Arctic.

A proposed mine in Alaska threatens a rare population of seals

The proposed Pebble Mine threatens the only freshwater lake-dwelling seals in the United States.
Manmade snowbanks give ringed seals a chance
WWF Magazine: Summer 2018
Each winter the ringed seals of Finland’s Lake Saimaa give birth inside snowbanks atop the frozen lake.
Seal pup births show conservation efforts are working
June 16, 2017

Last winter, WWF and other volunteers built nests for the rare ringed seals of Lake Saimaa so they could give birth. Out of the 81 pups born months later, 90% were born in these man-made snowbanks.
WWF digs a safe home for endangered freshwater seals
January 24, 2017

An endangered population of freshwater seals in Finland recently received a lifeline from volunteers in the form of human-made snowbanks.