More information: Brenda L. Hall et al, Widespread southern elephant seal occupation of the Victoria land coast implies a warmer-than-present Ross Sea in the mid-to-late Holocene, Quaternary ...

Changes in Antarctic sea ice are increasing the distance between breeding grounds on the ... grounds will be crucial if we hope to avoid further contractions in their population. The story of the ...

A southern elephant seal known for his annual return trips to Cape Town has once again made the Mother City’s beaches his summer holiday home. But he is not the only Antarctic wanderer soaking ...

Hundreds of elephant seals dead as bird flu hits Antarctic, raising fears penguins could be next “If the virus reaches those populations, they are in threat of extinction," one expert told New ...

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

The seal swam through unusually warm water, just below the freezing point, but in the Antarctic, that is warm.Given its salt content and the extreme depths and pressures involved — in some ...

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 June) ...

Sammy the elephant seal weighs thousands of kilograms and normally lives near Antarctica. But Portland locals have embraced him, while avoiding some of the trouble Tasmanians have experienced with ...

Elephant seals return to California beach after population rebounds 02:11. A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early ...

According to new research led by UNSW Sydney, male southern elephant seals have their own favourite foods, and they like to stick with them. In other words, they're very fussy eaters.

Each year, elephant seals take a month or so to shed their worn fur for a new coat. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst Robert's Island, ANTARCTICA -- Seeing a single elephant seal is enough to make one ...

A huge elephant seal has fast become a much-loved member of a coastal Victorian community. The seal is making a habit of taking a summer break from its sub-Antarctic home in the town of Portland ...