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Researchers pick up nine new calls made by Weddell seals

3 years 11 months ago By Annie Won

Most of these sounds were measured at more than 21 kHz, which is beyond the range of human hearing of 20 to 20,000 hertz. A particular high-pitched whistle came in at 49.8 kHz.

Palaeontologist and PhD student James Rule inspects the fossil skull of the newly identified monk seal species.

Discovery of seal fossils leads to new revelations

4 years 2 weeks ago By Annie Won

The discovery of the extinct monk seal species came about after an international team of biologists examined seven fossil specimens (including a complete skull) found on south Taranaki beaches in New Zealand between 2009 and 2016.

Of seals and their whiskers

4 years 8 months ago By Annie Won

Some land animals like rats and shrews use their whiskers to explore, forage and move around.

UK sees record sightings of whales, dolphins and seals

4 years 11 months ago By Annie Won

The Wildlife Trusts, which comprises 46 individual wildlife trusts around the country, reports record numbers of more than 800 sightings of whales, dolphins and seals in the waters of the United Kingdom in 2019.

Studying seals' reactions to boats lead to new regulations

5 years 11 months ago By Annie Won

When a tourist boat carrying curious tourists approaches a seal colony with the sole purpose of observing them in the wild, the seals won’t know of their well-meaning intentions.

All the seals would see are potential predators.

Seals don't threaten Baltic fish stocks as much as humans

5 years 12 months ago By Annie Won

A study has confirmed that seals feeding on cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea would not adversely affect the fish population, as much as man-made causes like climate change, nutrient load and fisheries would.

Warmer oceans increase risk of hookworm infection to fur seal pups

6 years 3 weeks ago By Annie Won

Through a chain of events, more and more fur seal pups risk dying from hookworm infections as a result of rising ocean temperatures.

This is the conclusion in a study recently published in the eLife journal.

Rescuing Seals in Vladivostok

6 years 2 months ago By Andrey Bizyukin

Seals pups are born in February to March when local sea bays are still covered by ice.

Seals help scientists monitor melting of Antarctic sea ice

6 years 6 months ago By Annie Won

As a result of climate change, the sea ice in west Antarctica will melt and this is expected to cause the sea level to rise by up to 3.2 metres.

Seal whiskers inpire high tech

6 years 11 months ago By Main Minion

Studying nature’s engineering solutions can not only improve existing technologies but provide us with brand new ones.

Colony of brown fur seals at Cape Cross on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Seals feel stressed in presence of sharks

7 years 7 hours ago By Annie Won

Being a seal swimming in the ocean surrounded by great white sharks is definitely stressful. In a three-year study, researchers sought to find out whether living in high-stress conditions can have an impact on the seal population.

More efficient to use drones to study leopard seals

7 years 6 days ago By Annie Won

Researchers have discovered that it is more efficient to use drones to study leopard seals, compared to the traditional method of physically catching them.

Study gives glimpse into lives of grey seal pups

7 years 3 weeks ago By Annie Won

Grey seal pups are a pretty independent lot, considering that they are supposed to survive on their own after they reach three weeks old.

The Excitement of Sea Lion Dives

7 years 3 months ago By Brent Durand

Diving with sea lions is the ocean equivalent to playing with a friendly dog at the park. The pinnipeds are full of energy… or lazily dozing off in the sun.

Elephant seals can recognize other seals based on rhythm of calls

7 years 4 months ago By Annie Won

After studying an elephant seal colony in Año Nuevo State Park, California for several years, scientists from the Université de Lyon/Saint-Etienne in France discovered that the seals were able to identify individual members of the colony based on

Scientists use technology to measure gray seal population

7 years 5 months ago By Annie Won

Technologies like drones, thermal images and Google Earth helped scientists obtain an accurate picture of the population of gray seals to the New England and eastern Canadian coasts.