"The Weddell seals' calls create an almost unbelievable ... Experts were able to capture these sounds by using a special hydrophone (an underwater microphone) installed in McMurdo Sound placed ...

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 ...

Using rebreathers at McMurdo Station to properly investigate a small component of the Weddell seals' underwater lives was a privilege and an honour. It is no doubt the tip of the iceberg of our ...

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.

Weddell seals’ large bodies are covered in a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm above and below the icy waters of the Southern Ocean. Feeding primarily on large fish, they are capable of diving ...

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, 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 ...

Weddell seal fitted with high-tech head-mounted measuring devices to survey waters under the thick ice sheet, near Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica. [Courtesy] A seal wearing a helmet with an ...