Japanese researchers in Antarctica are deploying Weddell seals fitted out with high-tech head-mounted measuring devices to survey waters under the thick ice sheet at the South Pole. It allows ...

When taking their pups for a swim, females would often be harassed ... to properly investigate a small component of the Weddell seals' underwater lives was a privilege and an honour.

A young Weddell seal takes a break in a breathing hole during swimming lessons with its mother. Photo taken under NMFS permit 21006-01 and ACA permit #2018-013 M#1. "Photo taken under NMFS permit ...

which it couldn’t get if it was born underwater. A Weddell seal mum has 6 weeks to teach her pup all he needs to know to go it alone.

Researchers are exposing the secrets of the world’s southernmost mammal, the Weddell seal. These seals ... them to spend ...

Weddell seals, named after the sea, are commonly found, as well as crabeater and leopard seals, one of the top predators of the Antarctic. Witness vast colonies of Adelie penguins which thrive in ...