fur seals – Alaska Sea Grant

The science of Steller stubble

By Kyle Kolda | January 8, 2026

A man in a lab coat, faded red baseball cap, and purple lab gloves sits at a table in a laboratory, using a chisel to trim off part of a long hair. A ruler sits next to the hair.

An Alaska Sea Grant-supported project is within a whisker of answering some critical research questions about Steller sea lions. Literally. University of Alaska researchers are collaborating with the Aleut Community…

High school students learn about fur seals

By Sue Keller | October 2, 2017

In mid September two Unalaska high school students had an exciting opportunity to work with “charismatic megafauna”—they were invited to help necropsy a dead northern fur seal.