Matthew Smith (UK/Australia) carefully photographs a curious leopard seal beneath the Antarctic ice. It was late in the day and Matthew had to work quickly in the fading light. He squeezed into his ...

A British marine biologist died after being attacked by a large leopard seal while snorkelling in the Antarctic. Kirsty Brown, 28, whose parents live in West Sussex, is believed to have drowned ...

The world's largest coral has been found in the Solomon Islands, a remote nation made up of hundreds of small islands in the ...

Under the Waterline - Matthew Smith, UK/Australia A curious leopard seal in Antarctica's Paradise ... Pawłowska has been taking pictures of bird ringing sessions because she finds it fascinating.

So it was a big surprise to discover wild leopard seals feeding alongside one another while eating king penguins at South Georgia, a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. On top of this ...

A leopard seal like the one that clamped down on Gareth ... Byrd (London: MacDonald & Co., 1987), pp. 190-193. Photos: (1) Gareth Wood; (2) Corbis/Peter Johnson; (5,6) Adventure Photo and Film ...

Thomas Peschak (Germany/South Africa) comes face to face with a leopard seal in its rapidly disappearing home. Thomas floated in the distance, waiting for the shy leopard seal to emerge. All around ...

The museum shared a gallery of all the winning and highly commended images on its website, and in September, the contest ...

Leopard seals remain mostly a mystery given the limited information and research on the species and its range of action. However, an international study shared by several Antarctic institutes and ...

(As an added benefit, the extra speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin’s feathers. Like other birds, emperors have the capacity ...

For the eleventh year, October 23 marks International Snow Leopard Day. Only 3,500 to 7,000 of the beautiful speckled cats, listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of ...