While documenting leopard seals in Antarctica for a 2006 National Geographic magazine story, photographer Paul Nicklen had an experience that he says "will stay with me forever" (see Nicklen's photos) ...

From a dish made by your hometown restaurant to candy you searched for on Halloween, most people have an all-time favorite food. Humans are omnivores with a diverse diet, but there is still a large ...

Leopard seals are an abundant species of predator in Antarctica. These large, carnivorous sea mammals live in the water and around the ice of one of the most unfriendly and harshest environments on ...

Geophysicist Albert Grabovetsky was sipping her morning coffee near the Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica this past October when hundreds of penguins gathered at the shore and leaped spectacularly ...

Male leopard seals call out for hours on end during the breeding season, using five sounds to compose unique “songs.” Researchers analyzed the underwater vocalizations of male leopard seals in the ...