Baikal seal to the 5 m (16 ft) and 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) southern elephant seal, which is also the largest carnivoran.[b] Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism. They have streamlined bodies and ...

Spending most of their lives at sea in the frigid waters of the southern seas, southern elephant seals are cold weather specialists. Their thick coat of blubber perfectly insulates them from the ...

Southern elephant seals are the largest living marine mammal ... undulating motion that looks like a series of body “humps.”; Elephant seal pups are born with black fur which protects them ...

This natural phase requires the seal to remain on land so that she can conserve energy while she regenerates her coat. Southern elephant seals are native to the cold waters of the Southern Ocean ...

This view is shared by Christophe Guinet of the Centre d'Etude Biologique de Chizé, a specialist in Southern Hemisphere elephant seals. He had just returned from a research expedition to the ...

Animals have shown symptoms that are consistent with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), and the outbreak affects particularly the southern elephant seal species (Mirounga leonine).