Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and ...

Photo: cyfer13, CC BY 2.0 Leopard seals are solitary, powerful creatures, often patrolling the ice-choked waters of Antarctica in search of their next meal. Unlike their blubbery cousins who ...

Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals - Antarctica's second-top predator. Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals, Antarctica's second-top predator. But when reinforcements ...

Killer whales rarely risk hunting leopard seals, Antarctica's second-top predator. But when reinforcements appear, this group of killer whales has a technique for capturing this aggressive ...

A marine biologist at the British Antarctic Survey has been killed by a leopard seal as she snorkelled. The seal attacked Kirsty Brown without warning and dragged her underneath the water as she ...

Leopard seals had always been considered an Antarctic species, residing predominantly within the pack ice. Births were always thought to occur on the ice flows surrounding the continent.