Read more Caribbean monk seal stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31507/caribbean-monk-seal.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-11T11:42:24http://www.newser.com/story/29460/caribbean-monk-seal-extinct.htmlCaribbean monk seals, the sea dwellers first discovered during Columbus’s second voyage in 1494, are officially extinct—the only seal to vanish because of human causes, MSNBC reports. “Humans left the Caribbean monk seal population unsustainable after overhunting them,” a biologist explained. The seal, a native of the Caribbean Sea...http://www.newser.com/story/29460/caribbean-monk-seal-extinct.html2008-06-07T21:47:56