While the Seal Island Lighthouse is the oldest wooden lighthouse in Nova Scotia, it is “quickly falling into ruin,” says the National Trust for Canada. “Managed by the Canadian Coast Guard ...

A female grey seal nursing her pup on the beaches of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Gray seals give birth once a year and females will quickly lose ~30% of their body mass while the pup triples in size ...

The crescent-shaped island, 290 kilometres off the coast of Nova Scotia has a well-established grey seal research program because around 400,000 seals arrive on its beaches every winter to give ...

A female grey seal tending to her pup on the beaches of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Gray seals only nurse their pups for 15-20 days before the female leaves and the pup must learn to forage on its own.