Belugas are highly communicative animals and in the groups there is a lot of whistling and clicking as this is the only way the animals can find their way around and communicate with each other. This makes them vulnerable to underwater noise. Picture: Dr Michael...
From humpback whales in Antarctic waters to polar bears in the Arctic, all marine mammals have benefited from the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act since 1972. The ecosystem-based approach was later adopted in international conservation agreements. Photo: Dr. Michael...
A mother Weddell seal gives her offspring a break from swimming lessons in one of their breathing holes. Photo by Linnea Pearson, taken under the permits NMFS 21006-01 and ACA 2018-013 M#1. The pups of most seal species are independent after weaning, without being...
Modern drone technology now provides such good images that animal populations living in remote places can be counted much more efficiently and accurately than by ground surveys, like the Southern Elephant Seals and King Penguins on South Georgia shown here. Photo by...
The front flippers of leopard seals, which belong to the true seals or phocids, are much larger than in other species of the same taxonomic family. Photo: Julia Hager Seals are mammals that live (almost exclusively) in the sea and are perfectly adapted to the water...
