Hawaiian monk seal

Federal officials say the population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals has surpassed a level not seen in more than two decades. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials announced this week that the seal population has steadily increased over the past two years.

Images of a Hawaiian monk seal being born on an Oʻahu beach have been captured on camera. An employee of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources shot video and photos of the pup emerging from the mother onto white sands last week.

The male juvenile monk seal is known as N2 was suffering from malnutrition after swallowing fishing gear. He was transported from Oʻahu to the Marine Mammal Center in Kailua-Kona on Hawaiʻi Island for care.

Federal officials say an endangered Hawaiian monk seal that was found dead on Molokaʻi in September was intentionally killed with a gun. This was the third killing of a monk seal on the island in 2021.

The Marine Mammal Center will be expanding to Maui its programs designed to help Hawaiian monk seals.

A Hawaiian monk seal under intensive care at the Marine Mammal Center in Kailua-Kona died last week. RW22, also known as Kolohe, suffered from malnutrition, swallowed fishing gear, and toxoplasmosis — a parasite that comes from cat feces.

A Hawaiian monk seal found on Oʻahu in critical condition was transported to the Marine Mammal Center in Kailua-Kona for further treatment.

A Hawaiian monk seal pup named ʻEleu was rehabilitated to full health and released back to the wild after she was discovered malnourished in the northwestern Hawaiian islands.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office talks about exceeding morgue capacity, using refrigerated containers; a Hawaiʻi Island octopus farm shares how things are going with raising cephalopods and managing tours; and we revisit our discussion with the Library of Congress on including Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World in the National Recording Registry

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office talks about exceeding morgue capacity, using refrigerated containers; a Hawaiʻi Island octopus farm shares how things are going with raising cephalopods and managing tours; and we revisit our discussion with the Library of Congress on including Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World in the National Recording Registry