Great penguins once lived in much warmer waters, but then retreated to the Southern Ocean. In a warming world, they might be able to shift their range again.
- Curator of Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Our new genomic research finally solves a 150 years of scientific mystery about the unusual and ancient pygmy right whale.
New research combines cutting-edge engineering with animal behaviour to explain the origins of efficient swimming in nature’s underwater acrobats: seals and sea lions.
This newly discovered ancient monk seal is challenging previous theories about how and where monachine seals evolved. It’s the biggest breakthrough in seal evolution research in about 70 years.
This new study describes an unlucky fur seal found with severe injuries, revealing how predators sometimes pay the ultimate price for their food when targeting dangerous prey.
Clapping underwater takes real strength. But wild grey seals can do it, to warn off competitors and attract potential mates.
Baleen whales are some of the least likely mammals, supporting their massive bodies by filtering tiny prey. New evidence from an ancient fossil sheds new light on how baleen evolved.
Northern seals use strong claws to tear apart large prey and this gives us clues about how the earliest seals likely behaved when they first began feeding in water.
Fossils of a whale thought to be found only in southern waters have been discovered at two sites in the northern hemisphere.
Ancient whales were neither gentle, nor giants: they were smaller than those of today and judging from their teeth, a lot meaner.
There are plenty of mammals that have adapted to life in water, some more than others. That meant they also had to adapt the way they feed.
The largest animals on the planet - the baleen whales - prey on some of the smallest. But how did their teeth evolve into the filters they use today?
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