Kirsty Brown was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula with another researcher when a leopard seal attacked without warning and dragged her underwater in a horrific and deadly assault ...

Kirsty Brown, 28, was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula when a leopard seal dragged her underwater and refused to let go ...

The leopard seal is named for its black-spotted coat. The pattern is similar to that of the famous big cat, though the seal's coat is gray rather than golden in color. This seal is sometimes called ...

Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and around the ice of one of the most unfriendly and harshest environments on ...

A leopard Seal on ice floe in Port Lockroy at Wiencke-Island. Antarctica. This rising din threatens to drown out the ocean’s own voices—songs so well-structured that a leopard seal’s (Hydrurga ...

While documenting leopard seals in Antarctica for a 2006 National Geographic magazine story, photographer Paul Nicklen had an experience that he says "will stay with me forever" (see Nicklen's photos) ...