The leopard seal is named for its black-spotted coat. The pattern is similar to that of the famous big cat, though the seal's coat is gray rather than golden in color. This seal is sometimes called ...

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 ...

Seals have a reputation for being the laid-back loungers of the animal kingdom, but there’s a lot more going on beneath that sleek surface. Seals, with dive times that rival submarines and milk fat ...

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 ...