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 ...

A comparison of the structure of leopard seal songs to those of other mammals and various forms of human music has found the closest counterpart to be nursery rhymes. Unsurprisingly, however, the ...

From a dish made by your hometown restaurant to candy you searched for on Halloween, most people have an all-time favorite food. Humans are omnivores with a diverse diet, but there is still a large ...

Male leopard seals in Antarctica sing underwater "songs" that are surprisingly similar to human nursery rhymes. A recent study found that these songs are highly structured and repetitive, with a ...

A pioneering study led by Baylor University biologist Sarah Kienle, Ph.D., and published in the journal Polar Biology has unveiled the first paired observations of sexual behavior and vocalizations in ...

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 ...

Kirsty Brown was snorkelling in the Antarctic Peninsula with another researcher when a leopard seal attacked without warning and dragged her underwater in a horrific and deadly assault ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...