Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and ...

Despite their reputation, leopard seals spend a good amount of time lounging ashore, digesting their last meal and conserving energy for the next hunt. The two penguins in the background—one a ...

(As an added benefit, the extra speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin’s feathers. Like other birds, emperors have the capacity ...

Paul was not the only mammal lying patiently in wait on the edge of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, to greet the explosion of emperor penguins. Leopard seals – measuring up to three and a half metres long – ...

Leopard seals are solitary animals that inhabit the ... They will eat anything from penguins to other seals, fish, squid and crustaceans. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) director Chris Rapley ...

All around him the ancient ice was melting and streams of air bubbles were fizzing out into the frame. Not only are leopard seals dependent on sea ice for breeding, moulting and resting, their main ...