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 ...

Weddell-Shero:Weddell seals are exceptional divers that can reach depths of more than 900meters (2,952 feet) with some dives lasting 96 minutes, which is well beyond their aerobicthreshold.

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 ...

Researchers are exposing the secrets of the world’s southernmost mammal, the Weddell seal. These seals, found in Antarctica’s ...

A killer whale "spy-hops" to identify a Weddell seal resting on an ice floe off the western Antarctic Peninsula. The whale will notify other killer whales in the area so they can coordinate a wave ...

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

The result: the breeding area corresponds spatially with the inflow of warmer deep water from the Weddell Sea onto the higher shelf. With the help of transmitter equipped seals, the ...

Evoking atmosphere and a sense of place - with the habitat as a major element of the picture – to convey how an animal is an integral part of its environment. Tamara Stubbs (UK) spots these crabeater ...