Weddell seals are exceptional divers that can reach depths of more than 900 meters (2,952 feet) with some dives lasting 96 minutes— well beyond their aerobic threshold.

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Woods Hole, Mass. (Oct. 29, 2024) – Erebus Bay, Antarctica, is home to the southernmost population of the world’s southernmost living mammal – the Weddell seal. These seals may look like ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr Mia Wege, a lecturer in the Faculty of Science at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), is applying her expertise on Weddell Sea seals to support crucial oceanographic ...

Attacked by a ferocious leopard seal, plunging into a bottomless crevasse ... I stood up shakily. "Lie down, let's have a look," Steve implored, motioning me down. "No, I'm all right.

The result: the breeding area corresponds spatially with the inflow of warmer deep water from the Weddell Sea onto the higher shelf. With the help of transmitter equipped seals, the ...

One of the greatest challenges faced by the Antarctic team One of the greatest challenges faced by the Antarctic team of Frozen Planet II was filming Weddell seal mothers teaching their pups to swim.

Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica, may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on ice. However, these seals, which are the southernmost population of the southernmost living mammals ...

Researchers are exposing the secrets of the world’s southernmost mammal, the Weddell seal. These seals, found in Antarctica’s Erebus Bay, live in rapidly changing environments. They can weigh ...