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 ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

A stunning image showing a group of seals swimming in sync beneath an Antarctic iceberg has captured a major photography award.

Researchers have now 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.

A New Zealand-led international study of the crabeater seal population in Antarctica aims to understand environmental impacts on one of the southern-most mammals in the world.

The ethereal photograph, taken by French photographer Greg Lecouer underneath an iceberg, shows four crabeater seals drifting in the frigid waters.

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 ...

An aerial drone shot of crabeater seals lounging on an Antarctic ice float has scooped the top prize of a new photography competition. French photographer Florian Ledoux was announced Nature TTL ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Life for crabeater seals in the Antarctic could get even more difficult in the coming years, as climate change and commercial fishing make krill, their main food source, more scarce.

Antarctic krill are about 90 percent of the crabeater seals’ diet, but the abundance of the crustaceans has steadily decreased over the past few decades as a result of sea ice loss and krill fishing. ...

UNCW researchers received a nearly $60,000 grant to support research on the physiological impacts of climate change on crabeater seals in Antarctica.