Three Arctic seal species have been moved up to higher threat categories on the IUCN Red List, with one now endangered and two now near threatened. Global warming is melting away the sea ice they need ...

The sea mammals may actually be able to sense the amount of oxygen in their blood—something we humans can't do. A new study suggests gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) can sense the level of oxygen in ...

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On Sept. 24, 2025, a rumor spread online that Norway's engineers had created a novel invention to help Arctic seals: floating "ice pods" that give the animals somewhere to "rest, raise pups, and ...

A leopard Seal on ice floe in Port Lockroy at Wiencke-Island. Antarctica. CREDIT: Martin Zwick/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

Male leopard seals call out for hours on end during the breeding season, using five sounds to compose unique “songs.” Researchers analyzed the underwater vocalizations of male leopard seals in the ...

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Leopard seals may be one of Antarctica’s most fearsome predators, but these vocalizers sing with the structured charm of a child’s nursery rhyme. In a surprising new study, researchers found that the ...

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