fur seals, brown skuas, kelp gulls and Antarctic terns. BAS operates two research stations on South Georgia: King Edward Point and Bird Island. As a result of the confirmed cases of HPAI ...

Just a few years after Cook's voyage, whalers and sealers sailed south. Expeditions harvested the Antarctic fur seals that crowded onto island beaches to mate each summer. With no experience of ...

Leopard seals are apex marine predators whose habitats are usually restricted to the pack ice in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic ... the teeth of the more common fur seal usually found in the ...

From birds and reptiles to marine giants and iconic species in Africa, Antarctica, and the Amazon, a small-boat cruise offers ...

However, a tiny island near the Antarctic Peninsula ... However, overhunting led to the near extinction of fur seals within a few years, causing the industry to collapse as quickly as it had ...

This article explores how seals mate in these harsh conditions, highlighting the remarkable strategies they have developed to ensure the continuation of their species. Family of Antarctic fur seals.

Family of Antarctic fur seals. Image via Depositphotos. Antarctic Fur Seals are predominantly found on sub-Antarctic islands but occasionally venture to the continent’s beaches. These agile swimmers ...

They host major breeding populations of elephant and fur seals, petrels ... The Sydney, Australia, bureau of the BBC added: Two tiny, remote Antarctic outposts populated by penguins and seals are ...

Following the flow of the ocean current, the baby whale travels from the warm water of the tropics to the icy Antarctic and encounters different creatures that play a key role in the ocean’s ...

Antarctic terns, fulmar prions ... In the early 19th century hunters decimated the large population of fur seals on the islands. The first two years of sealing on the Bounty Islands saw 50,000 seals ...