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

A leopard Seal on ice floe in Port Lockroy at Wiencke-Island. Antarctica. This rising din threatens to drown out the ocean’s own voices—songs so well-structured that a leopard seal’s (Hydrurga ...

Melodies of land and sea To understand how leopard seal songs compare to other species, Chambers and her co-authors looked at entropy—the measurement of how predictable or random a vocal sequence is.

Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and around the ice of one of the most unfriendly and harshest environments on ...

Leopard seals might not be the first animal that comes to mind when we think about singing, but new research suggests their songs may have more in common with us than we ever imagined. A study ...

Antarctic fur seals need ice-free ground in order to breed. Why are they disappearing? Leopard seals are the only seals that prey on other seal species although fur seals have rarely been on the menu ...

Rüdiger Riesch does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Tracey Rogers receives funding from ARC. Lucinda Chambers does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has ...

In a study published today, UNSW Sydney researchers found that the underwater songs of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Antarctica share structural similarities with the nursery rhymes often sung ...