Federal officials recently announced the release of a 2-year-old Hawaiian monk seal named Ka‘ale back to the wild after removing a large fishing hook from his tongue on Oahu. Ka‘ale, or RH32, got ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — An eight-month-old Hawaiian monk seal was found relaxing on the beach on Kauai mid-March. That alone was not an unusual sight but he had around 30 feet of fishing line trailing from ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A juvenile hooked Hawaiian Monk Seal known as "N2" has been given the green light for release back to the ocean water. The Marine Mammal Center along with the Hawaii Marine Animal ...

A young Hawaiian monk seal that accidentally swallowed fishing gear is now in recovery at Ke Kai Ola, The Marine Mammal Center’s hospital in Kailua-Kona specializing in the endangered pinnipeds. The ...

LIHU‘E — The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA) announced on Tuesday that endangered Hawaiian monk seal RS10 is back home on Kaua‘i due to community volunteers and joint ...

A Hawaiian monk seal is back in the wild after undergoing surgery to remove an ingested hook at Ke Kai Ola, The Marine Mammal Center’s monk seal hospital in Kailua-Kona. The seal, a male identified as ...

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