South Africa) contains archaeological deposits demonstrating persistent and continuous human occupation spanning from Late ...

So it was a big surprise to discover wild leopard seals feeding alongside one another while eating king penguins at South Georgia, a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. On top of this ...

A gentoo penguin flees for its life as a leopard seal bursts out of the water. Eduardo was expecting it. He had noticed the penguin resting on a fragment of broken ice and watched the seal swim back ...

A penguin that had escaped a leopard seal took a boat ride with a group of tourists back to an iceberg. Tourist expedition guide and photographer Vladimir Seliverstov, 50, captured the moment an ...

Weatherproof jackets, waterproof gloves, merino wool everything—our intrepid writer’s polar wardrobe has her prepared for any ...

(As an added benefit, the extra speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin’s feathers. Like other birds, emperors have the capacity ...

A top predator in the Antarctic, the leopard seal’s sharp teeth and powerful bite enable it to feast on penguins, fish, and even other seals.

All around him the ancient ice was melting and streams of air bubbles were fizzing out into the frame. Not only are leopard seals dependent on sea ice for breeding, moulting and resting, their main ...