The warmer water flowed below the ice, allowing seal populations to catch food efficiently. “Antarctic krill and other creatures that serve as food (for seals) can be found in vast numbers in ...

Weddell seals are the most southerly breeding ... and diving commenced from a predrilled hole in the ice a short walk away. Once in the water, the divers had to be very careful to avoid getting ...

The seal had found refuge on a platform made of ice floating on water. The killer whales started by swimming side by side, which created a wave that cracked the seal's large ice platform into a ...

The water was going to be colder than 29 degrees ... we dig our own with an ice-drilling machine. Seals, when they need air, somehow find their way back to their hole; our greatest dread is ...

"Ice seals' homes are melting away, and the Trump administration has to give them protection ... "Keystone XL would be an absolute disaster for wildlife, water and our climate," said the Center's ...

Climate change is already affecting Iliamna Lake seals and their freshwater and anadromous prey through warmer temperatures, greater water flows, and increased siltation in streams and rivers. Warmer ...

In seconds they’re out of the water again, running across the ice ... Polar bears perch on sea ice to ambush seals—the source of 90 percent of their calories—when the seals surface.

ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Their scientific name means ...