Sentences with phrase «monk seals»

Float the morning away in your ocean - front pool, then meander through the nation's only congressionally - chartered garden, the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, or watch for humpback whales, green sea turtles and endangered Hawaiian monk seals in the inviting waters.

Manage veterinary care and provide a lead role in direct veterinary support for Hawaiian monk seals in rehabilitation at Ke Kai Ola.

The loss of the baiji marks the first extinction of a large animal since the disappearance of the Caribbean monk seal in the 1950s, though the U.N. estimates that three smaller animal or plant species go extinct every hour.

October 15, 2015 More than 1 % of critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal population has received life - saving care thanks to The Marine Mammal Center

Meanwhile, Wolf continued, «The population of monk seals is actually increasing.

September 9, 2015 First Hawaiian monk seal pup rescued from the main Hawaiian Islands is admitted to The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola hospital in Hawaii

Deep divisions have emerged among European scientists over a French plan to breed Mediterranean monk seals in captivity.

Fat and molting, Kauai's yearling Hawaiian Monk Seal RH38 has returned to Kauai waters after spending two months at Ke Kai Ola, a dedicated Marine Mammal Center hospital for monk seals on Hawaii Island.

A visit by monk seal on our beach — our favorite.

Last September, The Marine Mammal Center, one of the largest marine mammal facilities in the country, broke ground on the first - ever Hawaiian monk seal hospital in the state.

Most of the Hawaiian monk seals live on the uninhabited northwest Hawaiian Islands; the remainder reside on the main islands.

It's all part of an effort to ensure that these young monk seals will one day be able to return to Hawaiian waters and have pups of their own.

Established in 2014, the Marine Mammal Center's hospital and education center at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority in Kona is dedicated to saving the endangered Hawaiian monk seal from extinction through rehabilitation and community outreach.

He favours a meeting of all sides on neutral territory to try to reach a consensus on all plans to save monk seals.

There have even been sightings of humpback whales, whale sharks, manta rays, and Hawaiian monk seals visiting the crater.

The Marine Mammal Center's team also monitors Hawaiian monk seal haul out activity on the island of Hawaii and manages rescue efforts for sick and injured seals reported to the hospital's 24 - hour hotline [phone]).

Finding monk seals to vaccinate, especially if the vaccine required a follow - up booster, would be a challenge.

The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu is considering moving weaned monk seal pups from Papahnaumokukea to areas with higher survival rates, then returning them to the reserve when they are older and less vulnerable.

As anchovies are among the most abundant and widely distributed prey of marine mammals, this suggested a far different avenue for Hawaiian monk seal infection ---- and suggested that even if cats are involved, cats themselves may have been infected by anchovies, first canned and marketed as cat food circa 1930.

The adult monk seals appear dark grey to brown on their top and light grey to a yellowish brown on their bottom.

November 28, 2017 #GivingTuesday Means Giving Second Chances: Endangered Hawaiian monk seals released back to the wild on #GivingTuesday after receiving life - saving care at The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola hospital

Steps to private pool, patio, grill, secluded beach, fabulous walking, hiking, and biking trails, snorkeling, whale and monk seal watching, well - know restaurants, nightlife or pure seclusion to read a book, share a beachfront or moonlit glass of wine or simply bask in the tropical beauty and warmth of this oceanfront haven, you choose!

Since opening the hospital two years ago, The Marine Mammal Center's veterinary experts have successfully rehabilitated more than 1 percent of the population, returning 15 healthy monk seals back to the wild.

Dr. Simeone also serves as the Hospital Director of Ke Kai Ola, the Center's Hawaiian monk seal facility on the island of Hawai`i.

Movement, survival, and disease profile of translocated and resident Hawaiian monk seals at Nihoa Island, Hawaii.

the occasional monk seal.

The coral channels of Kauai's north shore reefs are best dove in calmer summer months, and this is also the season for day trips to remote Niihau island for gigantic sea arches, big fish and perhaps a swim with monk seals.

Encompassing all of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Papahnaumokukea covers an area of 362,000 square kilometers and is home to 85 percent of the 1,100 Hawaiian monk seals surviving today.

For several years now, for reasons that puzzle biologists, there's been an imbalance in the number of female and male monk seals on some Hawaiian Islands.

With about 1,200 Hawaiian but less than 600 Mediterranean monk seals left, they are some of the rarest mammals on Earth.

First reported by Columbus in 1494, the Caribbean monk seal ranged throughout the Caribbean with an estimated population in the hundreds of thousands.

It also showed that Caribbean and Hawaiian monk seals split into distinct species around 3 to 4 million years ago — the same time the Panamanian Isthmus closed off the connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which would have naturally separated the two.

Osterhaus is drafting a proposal for funding from the European Commission for a joint project with Spanish researchers; this aims to introduce monk seals to the Canary Islands, where they were once thought to have lived.

According to statistics from the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, beach counts of populations of Hawaiian monk seals declined by some 60 percent between 1958 and 1996.

Easily exploited by hunters, whalers and fishermen in the 19th century, Hawaiian monk seals essentially never recovered.

You report monk seals being found lying motionless on the seabed (26 November, p 15).

All this is even more depressing given how special monk seals are.

In the sparsely populated Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where their largest population is found,» National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lead scientist for monk seal recovery Charles Littman reported what he called, «The highest levels that we've seen in decades, and in some places, the highest levels in survival that we've seen in 30 years.»

Endangered monk seals occasionally haul themselves out on the sand, and like the happy beachgoers, soak up the sun as cooling trade winds blow.

The gestation period for the pregnant monk seal is approximately eleven months with most pups born between February and July, although births can occur at any time of year.

It's been just a week since Hawaiian monk seal Kilo's release back to the wild, and she's already been spotted twice by researchers on nearby beaches.

As these seals mature and have pups of their own in five years or so, monk seal experts hope this will improve the species» chances of survival in the islands that have been their home for millions of years.

Two young Hawaiian monk seals returned to the French Frigate Shoals today after rehabilitation at Ke Kai Ola in Kona.

A well - known Hawaiian monk seal arrived Friday evening at his new home on Niihau, where he will hopefully interact with other seals rather than people.

After rehabilitating our Hawaiian monk seal patients at Ke Kai Ola, the Center's veterinary experts work closely with NOAA researchers to ensure that these seals return to a home in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands where they can thrive.

Poipu Beach Park is one of Kaui's most popular beaches, with its crystal - clear waters and occasional Hawaiian monk seal appearances.

From the churning North Shore surf to tranquil, hidden ocean coves; from a sea turtle or monk seal snoozing on a quiet beach, to a rainbow - colored shave ice — only a picture can begin to capture these thousands of words.

Dolphins are often sighted from the dive boat and the rare Mediterranean monk seal still exists in the area.

He's a protected monk seal, one of only a few thousand remaining in the Hawaiian Islands.

The area is also home to the Iberian lynx and the Mediteranean monk seal, the most threatened cat and seal species on the planet, respectively, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).