Leopard seals may be one of Antarctica’s most fearsome predators, but these vocalizers sing with the structured charm of a child’s nursery rhyme. In a surprising new study, researchers found that the ...

Melodies of land and sea To understand how leopard seal songs compare to other species, Chambers and her co-authors looked at entropy—the measurement of how predictable or random a vocal sequence is.

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 ...

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In a study published today, UNSW Sydney researchers found that the underwater songs of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Antarctica share structural similarities with the nursery rhymes often sung ...