Here, we analysed 42 scats of male Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) collected in late summer at Deception Island (South Shetland Islands), which allowed us to assess the presence of ...

The juvenile sub-Antarctic fur seal was found by Lake’s Entrance resident Anne Kaiser on Bunga Beach, about 318km east of ...

It’s easy to confuse two animals. Believe me, I do it much too often. I’m talking leopard vs. cheetah or emu vs. ostrich. But it doesn’t have to be as difficult to differentiate between two similar ...

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar ... the Australian fur seal is now a protected species and the fourth rarest seal ...

Iceberg A23a is on a collision course with the remote British island of South Georgia, which provides an Antarctic haven for ...

Though other factors may have positively affected plant growth, such as a declining fur seal population ... “This means that the Antarctic landscape and biodiversity could change rapidly.” ...

fur seals, brown skuas, kelp gulls and Antarctic terns. BAS operates two research stations on South Georgia: King Edward Point and Bird Island. As a result of the confirmed cases of HPAI ...