Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown.

A new study shows that melting sea ice due to increasing temperatures is leading to a "concerning" and severe decline in ...

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 ...

Elephant seals likely expanded from ice-free refuges in temperate regions such as Tasmania and New Zealand into newly available subantarctic and Antarctic coastlines. However, this range expansion ...

The animal kingdom has some giants. Blue Whale is the heaviest animal. Whale Shark is the largest fish. African Elephant is ...

The new study looked at three species: Weddell seals, Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals. It found that Weddell seals, which depend heavily on sea ice to breed and feed, and Antarctic fur ...

Southern elephant seals are rarely seen on South African shores. Native to the remote Southern Ocean, these massive marine mammals – the largest of all seals – are usually found lounging on ...

Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been around since the 1990s, but this current bird flu pandemic started in Asia in 2020, ...

Looming mountains, lacy waterfalls, dolphins on cue – it’s no wonder Rudyard Kipling was so in awe of the Sound back in the ...