This week, residents of Gordon’s Bay, South Africa, found someone shocking lumbering down their suburban street. The visitor ...

Australia is surrounded by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever ...

Seals belong to a large clade of semi-aquatic animals called Pinnipeds. This clade also includes sea lions and walruses.

Antarctica, despite its harsh conditions, is home to unique species like leopard seals, emperor penguins, and icefish. These animals exhibit remarkable adaptations for survival, from the emperor ...

Their recovery has been so successful that the animals are pushing ... these fur seals trample the fragile coastal vegetation that thrives on Antarctica’s limited ice-free terrain.

Altogether, an estimated 17,000 elephant seal pups seals died there last year of a strain of avian influenza, victims of an unprecedented panzootic — a pandemic among animals — that has struck ...

Then, elephant seals started dying en masse ... OFFLU said. Penguins — Antarctica's most iconic animals — do not yet appear to be impacted by the virus, with no reports showing above-average ...

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked ...

Elephant Seals and Weddell Seals. Scientists have been placing trackers on these blubbery marine mammals around Antarctica for years, gathering data on ocean temperature and salinity. For a new ...

Scientists put trackers on Antarctic seals to help them map the ocean floor. The deep-diving seals uncovered a massive underwater canyon more than a mile deep. This canyon may help scientists ...