/tags/new-england New England en-US Copyright Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:05:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-06-14/gray-seals-once-hunted-are-thriving-in-new-england Massachusetts once offered a bounty for gray seals. After conservation efforts, the New England population bounced back, and Google Earth images show more seals than scientists had previously counted. Wed, 14 Jun 2017 22:05:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-06-14/gray-seals-once-hunted-are-thriving-in-new-england Merrit Kennedy