"Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata)." By Bethania Palma Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who has been working in the news industry since 2006.

RIBBON SEAL } Histriophoca fasciata FAMILY: Phocidae . DESCRIPTION: Ribbon seals are medium-sized pinnipeds, reaching an average length of 1.50 to 1.75 meters and an average weight of 55 kilograms, ...

Ribbon seals aren’t known for coming ashore, which makes the recent adventures on docks in Puget Sound all that more unusual. Boveng said not every sighting would necessarily get reported, ...

A ribbon seal commonly found in the frigid waters off the coasts of Alaska and Russia has been spotted in the Seattle area thousands of miles away.

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge ruled that the ribbon seal does not warrant protection as an endangered species, but the listing could change as federal agencies continue to monitor that ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ribbon seals should be listed as threatened or endangered because global warming is quickly melting sea ice, which the seals depend on for several months each year, two ...