a seal that died in 2023. After two days of sudden closure with little explanation, Buttonwood Park Zoo announced Thursday that Blue, its male Atlantic harbor seal, died early Wednesday.

Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal raised at the Buttonwood Park Zoo, died last week from what zoo officials said was complications ...

Mystic Aquarium said that the goal for this deal, along with every other rescued marine mammal and sea turtle, is to release the seal back to its ocean home once he is healthy and strong.