Antarctic fur seals need ice-free ground in order to breed. Why are they disappearing? Leopard seals are the only seals that prey on other seal species although fur seals have rarely been on the menu ...

Planning a movie night with 'Leopard Seals: Lords of the Ice' without the hassle? Finding where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to stream or rent the Jean-François Barthod directed movie can be ...

Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals - Antarctica's second-top predator. Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals, Antarctica's second-top predator. But when reinforcements appear, ...

Melodies of land and sea To understand how leopard seal songs compare to other species, Chambers and her co-authors looked at entropy—the measurement of how predictable or random a vocal sequence is.

Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes pink. The male leopard seal wakes and slips from the ice into the water. There, he’ll spend the night singing underwater amongst the floating ice floes.

In a study published today, UNSW Sydney researchers found that the underwater songs of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Antarctica share structural similarities with the nursery rhymes often sung ...