The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute is reminding Delaware beachgoers and boaters that seals are once again in the area. Four different species of seals visit Delaware waterways during winter. They can often be seen resting and sunning themselves on rocks, docks, beaches and other areas throughout the First State.

Marine officials are urging boaters in Indian River Bay to remain vigilant after a distressed loggerhead sea turtle was reported over the weekend but has not yet been relocated.

The Marine Education, Research & Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) had a busy holiday weekend with their volunteers responding to five separate seals in one day.

The MERR Institute says a young grey seal that was rescued on Thursday was successfully transported to the National Marine Life Center on Cape Cod for rehabilitation. The seal was initially found with a number of parasites and mildly dehydrated. 

A dead humpback whale found in the Indian River Bay last week has finally been washed back out to sea.

Coordinated efforts to move the body of a deceased humpback whale discovered in the shallows of the Indian River Bay this week have so far proven unsuccessful. 

The MERR Institute has announced the rescue of a wounded young seal from a precarious spot on the north side of the Indian River Inlet on Monday.

The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute in Sussex County rescued a gray seal pup from Cape Henlopen State Park on Sunday. 

A stranded seal rescued in Fenwick Island has died.

A young seal found along the shore in Fenwick Island is lucky to be alive.