Today, the largest southern elephant seal populations are found on subantarctic islands ... many smaller populations existed on the Victoria Land Coast in Antarctica and closer to temperate zones, on ...

The animal kingdom has some giants. Blue Whale is the heaviest animal. Whale Shark is the largest fish. African Elephant is the heaviest land animal. White Rhinoceros is bulky. Hippopotamus is ...

Southern elephant seal numbers shared similar population trends over time, but in this study, they showed no significant overall long-term decline. A Weddell seal.

Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been around since the 1990s, but this current bird flu pandemic started in Asia in 2020, when a low pathogenic strain mutated into a high pathogenic strain called ...

Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown. Researchers from Madingley Road-based British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have ...

Rescue crews in Northern California tranquilized a wayward seal that snarled traffic for two days by trying to cross a highway several times.

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new ...