How does a dolphin or seal even get bird flu? Most likely through contact with sick birds – or eating their carcasses.
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The federal government’s actions could leave the island’s wildlife more vulnerable to H5N1.
With location regulations no longer in force, fishing boats are harvesting thousands of tons of krill from very few areas, increasing competition with penguins, seals, whales and other marine life.
Unlike all other mammals, seals can hear both in the air and underwater. How do they do this?
Another apparent case of H5 avian influenza in a wild bird is a cause for concern – but it’s not the same as an outbreak.
A dip in anchovy stocks is not only vital for Peru’s economy, but also essential for supporting fish farming and food production worldwide.
From Cape Town’s kelp forests to debates over hunting and sharks, human relationships with wildlife are reshaping conservation across South Africa.
New research shows seals are being affected by chemical pollution in the Arctic food web and rapid climate-driven warming that is transforming their sea ice habitat.
The Australian sea lion’s unique breeding cycle may give sea lion mothers more time to teach their pups life skills.
The highly social lives of many marine mammals brings many benefits. But it also comes with a hidden cost.
Since Atlantic cod fisheries collapsed in the early 1990s, ecosystems have been less productive and have struggled to recover.
The fact that animals don’t use words makes it hard to decode their communication. But technology is starting to make it easier.
Leopard seals in Antarctica live solitary lives. But the simple patterns of their underwater song, akin to nursery rhymes, bring mates from across the seas.
Almost 400 scientists from around the world came together to understand the movements of large marine mammals, using 30 years of satellite tracking data.
Rapid changes underway in the Arctic affect the region’s people and wildlife, and the entire planet.
In some of the most remote places on Earth, tags attached to seals collect data at the cutting edge of ocean science.
Collaborative research by archaeologists, environmental scientists and tribal elders combines science and Indigenous knowledge to tell the story of centuries of life at a glacier’s edge.
A new report has found the marine reserve covering the Heard and McDonald islands must urgently be expanded.
The sealing industry has evolved but the EU’s ban on seal imports has contributed to the enduring cultural violence experienced by Canadian sealers.
Grey seals are now common in the UK – but their status remains fragile.
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Curator of Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Adjunct Research Associate, Monash University
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Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Professor Evolution & Ecology, UNSW
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Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Honorary Fellow in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark
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Marine Biologist, British Antarctic Survey
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Arctic Archaeologist, Smithsonian Institution
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Curator of Cenozoic Palaeontology, Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Honorary Research associate Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Principal Mathematician, Polar Science Center, University of Washington