PhD candidate Arek Aspinwall in Antarctica about to begin his survey.UC research explores seal stress at Scott BaseTe Whare ...

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 ...

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 ...

Antarctica's patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted ...

Weddell Seal . The Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) is the most southerly-ranging mammal in Antarctica. These seals grow to around 11 feet in length and weigh around 1,100 pounds, with the ...

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 ...

With the Seals" is a love letter to these charismatic, imperiled beings and an exploration of the effects of our intrusions ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A new e-book will describe Montana State University researchers' long-term study of Weddell seals in Antarctica. Two MSU professors Jay Rotella and Emeritus Robert Garrot have ...

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.

A Weddell seal naps in the snow beside a snowy sheathbill, the latter of which Norwegian whalers called “ptarmigan”and used to hunt for food. Gunilla Lindh / Quark Expeditions Chinstrap penguins on ...

The world's southernmost breeding mammal is the Weddell seal. They live in Antarctica. They are big. Females can weigh more than 1,000 pounds. When pups are born, they are almost 5 feet long. The ...