Antarctica, despite its harsh conditions, is home to unique species like leopard seals, emperor penguins, and icefish. These ...

Leopard seals are apex marine predators whose habitats are usually restricted to the pack ice in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. They require pack ice to ambush their prey, the majority ...

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Although they are formidable hunters, leopard seals are solitary ... for another seal. The Government-funded British Antarctic Survey, for whom Miss Brown was working, said she was diving with ...

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.

A leopard seal like the one that clamped down on Gareth ... party that was one of several elements of his Australasian Antarctic Expedition, had already lost one companion down a crevasse and ...

Matthew Smith (UK/Australia) carefully photographs a curious leopard seal beneath the Antarctic ice. It was late in the day and Matthew had to work quickly in the fading light. He squeezed into his ...

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 ...