Seal Facts - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jun 13, 2024 · Seals like this one photographed during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX-II) in Antarctica, depend on sea ice to survive. They hunt for food, such as …
Weddell seals in the Antarctic strategically time their most extreme ...
Oct 29, 2024 · New research shows Weddell seals avoid making extreme dives for prey during midday, allowing the seals to keep diving over and over without having to pause for long. This …
Seal Whiskers Inspire Marine Technology - Woods Hole …
Jan 27, 2016 · Could seals also use their whiskers to “feel” the surrounding water patterns to track fish that swim by? In the early 2000s, marine biologists at the University of Rostock in …
The Return of the Seals – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nov 26, 2013 · WHOI biologist Rebecca Gast examines whether the recovered and thriving population of gray seals in Cape Cod waters has affected water quality off the beaches they …
Creature Feature: Elephant Seal - Woods Hole Oceanographic …
About Elephant seals You may have seen (and heard) elephant seals on a beach: roaring, clumsy and (let’s face it) terrifying as they jostle for mates. These enormous, blubbery marine …
Studying How Seals Adapt to Extreme Environments Could Lead …
However, seals appear to manipulate how glucose is transferred between maternal and fetal blood differently from all other animals studied to date and may provide insight into early …
Seals and Wild Horses on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
A staggering proportion of gray seals don’t make it to their first birthday. WHOI biologist Michelle Shero is looking into the influence of iron in seal mothers’ milk on pup survival rates.
How Do Marine Mammals Avoid the Bends? - Woods Hole …
Apr 25, 2018 · Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends - the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who …
The Deepest Divers - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jul 3, 2007 · For years, sperm whales and elephant seals were thought to hold world records for holding their breath under water. But those animals have nothing on beaked whales. Using …
About Elephant seals - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Elephant seals’ large eyes are specialized to detect bioluminescent glimmers in low light, but they rely just as much on other senses to hunt and escape sharks and orcas in the twilight zone. …