It reveals how these large marine mammals have adapted – and sometimes failed to adapt – to such pressures since the height of the last Ice Age thousands of years ago. Today, the largest southern ...

A new study shows that melting sea ice due to increasing temperatures is leading to a "concerning" and severe decline in ...

A fur seal. (British Antarctic Survey / Derren Fox via SWNS) By Lauren Beavis Melting sea ice is drastically impacting seal populations, experts warned today. The new study of Antarctic seals ...

Elephant seals likely expanded from ice-free refuges in temperate regions such as Tasmania and New Zealand into newly available subantarctic and Antarctic coastlines. However, this range expansion ...

Melting sea ice is drastically impacting seal populations, experts warned today. The new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions, namely melting sea ice due to increasing ...

Elephant seals likely expanded from ice-free refuges in temperate regions such as Tasmania and New Zealand into newly available subantarctic and Antarctic coastlines. However, this range expansion ...

Using satellite records of sea ice concentration dating back to 1982, the team tracked annual changes in sea ice timing, extent and duration, then compared them to seal counts carried out every ...