Researchers used data from tracking studies of crabeater seals to infer the distribution of krill and project how it is likely to change in the future. Crabeater seals are among the few marine mammal ...

The scientific name for the crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga, translates to “lobed-tooth crab-eater,” and one look at its mouth tells you why. This thing’s so toothy its teeth have teeth: These ...

The Crabeater seal has been named Ragnar, after the legendary viking Ragnar Lothbrok. Photo: Facebook THE South African Association for Marine Biological Research (Saambr) admitted a rare Crabeater ...

Of all the Antarctic mammals surrounding the Western Antarctic Peninsula, seals are the most frequently observed as we travel from dive site to dive site. There are five different species of seals ...

Durban - Exciting new marine research may be the result of a rare visitor to the SA coastline. This as Ragnar the crabeater seal, which was rescued from Ramsgate beach just over a week ago, and is ...

US and Chilean researchers have teamed up to use sensors on Crabeater seals in order to unravel important mysteries about the tiny crustaceans –krill– that the seals eat, according to a new study ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. A pod of four orcas worked together in horrifying harmony to create waves to wash a crabeater seal off the ...

A stunning image showing a group of seals swimming in sync beneath an Antarctic iceberg has captured a major photography award. The ethereal photograph, taken by French photographer Greg Lecouer ...

A few crabeater seals, whose homes are usually ice packs around Antarctica, have inexplicably ended up in South Africa over the past few years. The most recent one was released back into the sea a ...

This morning the Department of Conservation translocated a crabeater seal from the Hutt River, which unfortunately died in transit. The seal was first spotted on Saturday morning in the Hutt River by ...

The western Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing rapid environmental change, with warming air and ocean temperatures and decreasing sea ice. How these changes will affect Antarctic krill is a crucial ...