A young Weddell seal takes a break in a breathing hole during swimming lessons with its mother. Photo taken under NMFS permit 21006-01 and ACA permit #2018-013 M#1. "Photo taken under NMFS permit ...

Hugging its flippers tight into its body, the Weddell seal closed its eyes and appeared to fall into a deep, contented sleep. Shooting from a boat, Ralph tightly framed the sleeping seal against the ...

Weddell seals are the most southerly breeding of all the mammals. Because they are air-breathing furry mammals, seals have to give birth on land (or ice). Seals can’t give birth in the water ...

Weddell seals are the most southerly breeding mammal ... Ultimately for Frozen Planet II, we focused our story on a mother who fought so hard she wounded a male, which seemed to drive him away.

Researchers are exposing the secrets of the world’s southernmost mammal, the Weddell seal. These seals, found in Antarctica’s Erebus Bay, live in rapidly changing environments. They can weigh ...

The result: the breeding area corresponds spatially with the inflow of warmer deep water from the Weddell Sea onto the higher shelf. With the help of transmitter equipped seals, the ...

Weddell seals, named after the sea, are commonly found, as well as crabeater and leopard seals, one of the top predators of the Antarctic. Witness vast colonies of Adelie penguins which thrive in ...

such as ice seals and some species of penguins. Author and ecologist Professor Eugene Murphy from British Antarctic Survey says: “The dramatic decline in sea ice observed in the Weddell Sea is ...