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 ...

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 ...

It would ban all fishing in a large part of the Weddell Sea. The restrictions would ... the reserve would bring additional protection to larger animals such as leopard seals, orcas, humpback ...

The Weddell Sea is as pristine as it is perilous. At more than 1.08million miles 2 (2.8million km 2) and home to over 14,000 species of animal – including significant populations of whales ...

They're both prey for animals like leopard seals but they also ... It's that we are talking here about the deep embayment of the Weddell Sea, which is potentially one of the climate change refugia ...

This recent rapid sea ice loss is affecting both the Weddell Sea ecosystem and the wider Antarctic wildlife/plants and animals. Many species, ranging from tiny ice algae and shrimp-like ...

Eight Weddell seals equipped with 580-gram devices ... It showed that one of the animals traveled as astonishing 633 kilometers from Syowa Station while another had descended to a depth of ...

Furthermore, our editorial office is also staffed by animal welfare experts: Managing Editor Dr Steve Weddell and Editorial Assistant Dr. Claire Richardson are veterinary surgeons with extensive ...