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Tag: seals

Shark Soirée: Do great whites make social connections?
Behavior

Shark Soirée: Do great whites make social connections?

Many animals rely on social interactions with other members of their species for information…but do great white sharks?
April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Francesca Giammona
Creatures in the cool lagoon: Are Arctic lagoons the next refuge for ringed seals?
Behavior

Creatures in the cool lagoon: Are Arctic lagoons the next refuge for ringed seals?

Seals need ice for rest and to raise pups, but where can they go in a melting world? Maybe lagoons.
October 18, 2021October 17, 2021 Kristin Huizenga
Sea lions and seals and PFAS, oh my: Location still matters for Australian pups
Pollution

Sea lions and seals and PFAS, oh my: Location still matters for Australian pups

I recently found myself falling down a chemical pollutant rabbit hole. Every news source seemed to be shouting “PFAS chemicals…
May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Kristin Huizenga
Where other bugs fear to tread: seals carry superdiving lice
Parasitism

Where other bugs fear to tread: seals carry superdiving lice

Seals carry their lice everywhere they go, including their deep dives in the ocean. But how do seal lice fare…
October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Anastasia Yandulskaya
Climate Change

Arctic Viruses Infecting sub-Arctic Seals: How Climate Change is Creating Marine Epidemics

With all the preparations being made to help human populations get through Covid-19, many are wondering about the effect the…
June 2, 2020 R J Parker
Want to know about water? Ask some sea creatures
Methodology

Want to know about water? Ask some sea creatures

There are animals that are constantly traversing places we have barely begun to understand. Animals can’t directly tell us what…
January 2, 2020 Kristin Huizenga
Studying Leopard Seals in Antarctica
Behavior

Studying Leopard Seals in Antarctica

Check out this article by guest author Sarah Kienle about her recent research expedition to Antarctica to study leopard seals!
June 18, 2018 Anna Robuck
Physical oceanography

Seals put on their thinking caps for under-ice science

Scientists investigate warm water that drives melting in Antarctica with the help of some seals with high-tech hats.
July 8, 2016July 6, 2016 Veronica Tamsitt
Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts technology

Are Fisheries Scientists Ringing the Dinner Bell for Marine Mammals?

Acoustic telemetry is a valuable technique used by fisheries scientists to track fish movements. However, a new study suggests that…
January 20, 2015 Derrick Alcott
Biology Climate Change

Hooded seals of the Greenland Sea

Hooded seals have been hunted for centuries in the North Atlantic. Despite increased regulation over the last three decades, a…
April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 Lis Henderson

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