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 ...

Leopard seals are very efficient at hunting in both water and on ice ... are essential for survival and procreation. Emperor penguin The Emperor penguin is the largest penguin species and is ...

A marine biologist at the British Antarctic Survey has been killed by a leopard seal as she snorkelled ... They will eat anything from penguins to other seals, fish, squid and crustaceans.

Not only are leopard seals dependent on sea ice for breeding, moulting and resting, their main prey, penguins and krill, are reliant on it too. The shrinking Antarctic sea ice is allowing fishing ...

Leopard seals are widespread and abundant. However, krill and penguins – their main food sources – are in decline. This is because of overfishing, retreating sea ice and warming waters. Matthew is a ...