Southern male elephant seals carrying satellite-linked sensors in Prydz Bay Antarctica. The seals and the data they collect are changing how we study the Southern Ocean.

Dispatches from the bottom of the earth: Penguins, elephant seals star on cruise expedition to South Georgia Island and icy Antarctica Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 7:58 a.m.

Seals in tiny hats might conjure up images of the circus or Sea World, but, in Antarctica, elephant seals with hat-like sensors are helping scientists study melting ice. The project to study the ...

Scientists know Antarctica is melting, and they’re pretty confident that for the most part, the heat isn’t coming from above — but rather, from below. The culprit is believed to be something ...

Each year, elephant seals take a month or so to shed their worn fur for a new coat. Photo Credit: Tom Stieghorst Robert's Island, ANTARCTICA -- Seeing a single elephant seal is enough to make one ...

Fully grown, elephant seals — or "ellies" as they're known around camp — can weigh up to 6,000 pounds. For comparison, that's about twice the weight of a Toyota Prius.

Hundreds of elephant seals dead as bird flu hits Antarctic, raising fears penguins could be next ... which is located in St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia Island, sub-Antarctica. (Wolfgang ...

An international group of scientists have recruited a team of unlikely research assistants to help them study the Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica – elephant seals. Boldly going where ...

The fetid waste of penguins and elephant seals helps spread nutrients across surprisingly large areas of Antarctica. This fertilizer traveled nearly as far as a kilometer (0.6 miles) past the ...

But one woman traveling in Antarctica encountered an elephant seal pup, and to her total surprise, the pup decided to have a cuddle-fest with her. Advertisement Related Content ...

Penguins on an iceberg in Andvord Bay, Antarctica. Credit... Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters. By Karen Weintraub. ... penguin and elephant seal excrement fosters biodiversity across Antarctica.