Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups

Mongabay
Apr 9, 2026, 6:52 pm266 ptsTop
Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of South Georgia. The latest assessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global conservation authority, upgraded fur seal extinction threat from least concern to endangered. The last assessment was…

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