For about two months, Luke, Suzanne, Nora, John and Aran have sailed the Aegean and Ionian to inform locals, visitors and ...

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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 ...

A recent study has found that Antarctic leopard seal mating call sequences seem to be similar in predictability to human nursery rhymes.

Antarctic leopard seals are usually solitary, except during the breeding season, and each need extensive hunting grounds. However, this means that communication between seals needs to carry over ...

Animals may not have musical instruments, but the way that some species form complex patterns of vocal sequences is remarkable. A recent study has found that Antarctic leopard seal. mating call ...

Scientists from the National Antarctic Science Center recorded an unusual scene while working in the ocean: a leopard seal tried to reach a kryleiid seal resting on an ice floe for more than 20 ...

For the study, the researchers from the University of New South Wales analyzed recordings of male leopard seals in their Antarctic habitat.

In a study published today, UNSW Sydney researchers found that the underwater songs of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Antarctica share structural similarities with the nursery rhymes often sung ...

Leopard seals in Antarctica live solitary lives. But the simple patterns of their underwater song, akin to nursery rhymes, bring mates from across the seas.