The Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, would be hunted to the verge of extinction. The southern elephant seal too would be brought low, killed in great numbers for the oil rendered from ...

The large northern fur seal, found in chilly northern waters, was hunted to near extinction during the 19th century. These animals were protected by law in 1911, and populations later rebounded to ...

Though equipped to endure extreme weather, the Antarctic Hair Grass is vulnerable to trampling by animals. In fact, declining numbers of fur seal visitors to the island is suspected to be another ...

Already there is some evidence that macaroni penguins and fur seals may be finding it harder ... food resource," Simeon Hill from the British Antarctic Survey told BBC News. The study is published ...

Leopard seals are apex marine predators whose habitats are usually restricted to the pack ice in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic ... the teeth of the more common fur seal usually found in the ...

Species which have historically tested positive for HPAI H5N1 include: brown skua, kelp gul, wandering albatross, elephant seal and Antarctic fur seal. The most recent results from samples taken ...

fur seals, brown skuas, kelp gulls and Antarctic terns. BAS operates two research stations on South Georgia: King Edward Point and Bird Island. As a result of the confirmed cases of HPAI ...