Seals are pretty incredible mammals. Not only do they possess the lung capacity to make epic dives and are caring mothers, ...

The world’s harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) are masters in seeing through the cloudy coastal waters they call home. Equipped ...

Clive McMahon, one of the ecologists at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science who ran the study, said the seals were "heroes" in an email to Insider. To highlight their heroics, the scientists ...

DETROW: OK. Let's talk seals next. I hear some of them are doing science now? BARBER: Yeah, they're trying to take my job. DETROW: It's OK, 'cause we're all going to the sugar-eating jobs.

In a study in the journal Science, McKnight and his colleagues report they may have found the answer: Seals can directly perceive how much oxygen is circulating in their body and act accordingly.

It’s tagging seals. Several species of seals live around and in Antarctica and regularly dive more than 100 meters in search of their next meal. These seals are experts at swimming through the ...