Weddell seal pups living in the Antarctic need to learn how to hold their breath and get in and out of the water.

One fascinating creature spends its winters beneath four feet of Antarctic sea ice, diving to nearly 2,000 feet in water cold enough to kill an unprotected human in minutes… and it sings, emitting ...

Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica, may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on ice. However, these seals, which are the southernmost population of the southernmost living mammals, are ...

Olivia Rosane is a freelance writer who focuses on environmental issues. Her work has appeared in EcoWatch, YES!, and Real Life Magazine. How many Weddell seals are there in the world? The truth is, ...

Weddell seal pups, on the other hand, stay with mom for six to seven weeks. "Most seals don't get to learn anything from mom, so we wanted to know what are the important lessons that they need in this ...

Weddell seals are excellent divers, and provide so much iron to their pups during lactation that the mothers dramatically limit their own diving and underwater foraging capabilities. This is according ...

April 14 (UPI) --Researchers at the University of Minnesota are recruiting the public to assist in the first-ever comprehensive Weddell seals census. Scientists need help scanning thousands of ...

Weddell seals, the southernmost born mammal, are known as champion divers. But they don't begin life that way. Researchers examined the development of diving behavior in Weddell seal pups and found ...