Researchers compared the new seal sounds to war calls in a very popular movie franchise. "The Weddell seals' calls create an almost unbelievable, otherworldly soundscape under the ice," Paul Cziko ...

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 ...

Photographer: Justin Hofman a noise and bubble-free dive Hugh had filmed Weddell seals under the ice before, but the challenge was always the same. The Weddell seals would maintain their distance ...

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 ...

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 ...

A dramatic blue-grey sky highlights the soft greys of a Weddell seal as it rests on an ice floe. Sue watched this Weddell seal from aboard a rigid inflatable boat in Neko Harbour of the Antarctic ...

Weddell seals, named after the sea ... off to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula collectively form the Antarctic Sound – the gateway to the Weddell Sea. With a well-deserved reputation as ...