Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica, may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on ice. However, these seals, which are the southernmost population of the southernmost living mammals, are ...

Dec. 8, 2004 — -- Antarctica's landscape is so harsh it has humbled even the most seasoned adventurers and made prying knowledge from the continent a dangerous enterprise. Little is known about ...

A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in the South Orkney Islands. New results are published today (Wednesday 18 June) ...

Researchers outfitted the seals with Conductivity Temperature Depth-Satellite Relay Dive Loggers, which collected a total of 8,913 days of behavioral data from 59adult seals. The data shed light on ...