A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in ...

"We've had the rare opportunity to confirm it, using solid, long-term data." Scientists issue warning after studying ...

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

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown.

- Antarctic fur seals need ice-free ground in order to breed. This is a population that experts thought would be climate change winners, that they would be doing better as the climate warmed, ...

In the Antarctic, the fur-seal population is booming. Having rebounded from near eradication by hunters in the 18th and 19th centuries, Antarctic fur seals are making their way to new frontiers.

Researchers measured the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the whiskers, which tells them the kinds of animals the leopard ...

It found that Weddell seals, which depend heavily on sea ice to breed and feed, and Antarctic fur seals, which breed on land but are still affected by environmental impacts on the food chain, have ...

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 ...