Ancestors of modern-day Cape fur seals left distinctive fossil traces thanks partly to their flippers. Stuart on Nature/Stuart on Nature So you might think that the ancient ancestors of these and ...

Seals and sea lions are commonly mistaken for one another. While rarely confused with their fellow pinniped relative, the walrus—easily identified by its telltale tusks—these torpedo-shaped sea ...

Pinnipeds, colloquially known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. PROVENIENCE UNKNOWN. FIGURE OF A ...

Walruses are 'right-flippered', according to research published this week in BMC Ecology. The first study of walrus feeding behaviour in the wild showed that the animals preferentially use their right ...