The Hawaiian monk seal is having a bad year.

Also in 1805, he was the first to describe the Hawaiian monk seal on the island which now bears his name.

The population of Hawaiian monk seals is in decline.

Human disturbances have had immense effects on the populations of the Hawaiian monk seal.

It is illegal to kill, capture or harass a Hawaiian monk seal.

The Hawaiian monk seal has the lowest level of genetic variability among the 18 pinniped species.

The critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals raise their pups on the beaches.

Due to the absence of fossil records, little evidence indicates that the Hawaiian monk seal is related to other seals in the family.

The Hawaiian monk seal is the only seal native to Hawaii.

The Hawaiian monk seal is the most endangered seal in the United States.

The Hawaiian monk seal, wild goats, sheep and pigs live throughout most of the Archipelago.

During the most active period of the molt, about 10 days for the Hawaiian monk seal, the seal remains on the beach.

Hawaiian monk seals, green sea turtles and spinner dolphins frequent Midway's crystal blue lagoon.

Q:Are Hawaiian monk seals coming back?

This was the real stake: a vast collection of some of world's least damaged reefs and the home to the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

A small number of Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) haul out on its beaches.

It is also visited by Green Turtles and Hawaiian Monk Seals.

Hawaiian Monk Seal.

Other wildlife include the pueo or Hawaiian owl, the Hawaiian monk seal, and green sea turtles.

Prior to the human arrival, the only native mammals were the Hawaiian hoary bat and the Hawaiian monk seal.

The Hawaiian monk seal, which is considered highly endangered, and the short-tailed albatross, known as the golden gooney, also inhabit the atoll.

Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi)

Researchers have used lightweight global positioning systems devices to track animals' movements in the wild, and researchers have fitted wireless cameras to Hawaiian monk seals.

The shoreline is used by Hawaiian Monk Seals and hatchling Hawksbill turtles, both endangered species.

The entry wall of their barracks now.features a much larger than life dancing Laysan albatross pair, a Hawaiian monk seal and green sea turtle.