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A southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests in a gully...  -  Feb 16, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchA southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests in a gully on Australia's remote World Heritage listed territory of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean ...

A Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) wallows amid the...  -  Jan 10, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchA Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) wallows amid the ice floe on the Australian subantarctic territory of Heard Island, located in the Indian Ocean ...

Elephant Seal  -  Feb 11, 2008
BuzzleThe Southern Elephant Seal is sighted along the coasts of South Africa, New Zealand and Argentina. In fact, the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina is the fourth ...

Research takes UM instructor to icy coast of Antarctica Remains of …  -  Sep 29, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Bangor Daily News - ProQuest Archiver...[Brenda Hall] discovered the remains of the southern elephant seal almost a ... The skull of an adult male southern elephant seal sits on a desk in a small ...

Vic: Injured fur seal being cared for at zoo | Article from AAP...  -  Aug 30, 2007
Pay-Per-View - AAP General News - HighBeam ResearchThe park would protect the habitat of threatened species such as the royal and rockhopper penguins, the subAntarctic fur seal, southern elephant seal and ...

WWF associate organization acquires biodiversity-rich coastline in …  -  Sep 21, 2005
WWF InternationalThe Valdés Peninsula is marked by its vibrant coastline and marine life, such as the southern elephant seal. The acquisition of the 7360ha San Pablo de ...

'Fairy' penguin drops in for visit  -  Apr 26, 2008
Dispatch Online...“Earlier this year, a young Southern Elephant Seal hauled out to moult in the same area and has now left for home down south. So within a few months, ...

Research takes UM instructor to icy coast of Antarctica .  -  Sep 29, 2006
Bangor Daily News - Google News ArchiveThe skull of an adult male southern elephant seal sits a desk in a small office on ... Hall discovered the remains of the southern elephant seal almost a ...

elephant seal (mammal) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 16, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica...[Encyclopædia Britannica Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup on the coast of …[Credits : Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.] Elephant seals and ...

Elephant seals enlisted in study of Antarctic seas  -  Aug 11, 2008
Reuters UKThe Southern elephant seal is the largest of the world's pinnipeds, the animal group that includes seals, sea lions and walruses. Males can measure 15 feet ...

A phylogenomic study of the genus alphavirus employing whole genome …  -  Jan 1, 2005
Free with registration - Comparative and Functional Genomics - AccessMyLibrary.comAdditionally, our analysis indicates that the Southern Elephant Seal Virus ... Another new virus, the poorly understood Southern Elephant Seal Virus (SESV) ...

Subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) keep a lookout... |...  -  Feb 16, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchA southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests in a gully... Getty Images; February 16, 2009 ; 106 words ... ... remote World Heritage listed territory ...

Kissed by a loving seal? That's one big headache  -  Nov 4, 2005
The AgeHenry, a seven-year-old southern elephant seal, has been visiting the Geelong area for five years, causing a giant headache for wildlife managers. ...

Tagged Huge Elephant Seals Investigate the Deep Sea of Antarctica  -  Aug 7, 2007
SoftpediaThe southern elephant seal is the largest seal of all, with the largest males reaching up to 22.5 ft (6.9 m) long and 11000 pounds (5000 kg) in weight. ...

Visitor from down south lumbers in  -  Dec 28, 2009
Dispatch OnlineA RARE ton of blubber in the shape of a southern elephant seal beached itself near Haga-Haga this weekend for a hard-earned break from the chilly ...

South Africa: Satellite Tagged, Sealed And Data Delivered  -  Aug 13, 2007
AllAfrica.com...sophisticated instrumentation combined with some good old-fashioned glue, they are now able to gather exact data on how the southern elephant seal, ...

Elephant seals adapted fast to climate change  -  Aug 3, 2009
msnbc.com..."The results suggest that a highly mobile species like the southern elephant seal may be able to take advantage of emerging habitat resulting from climate ...

Aweek's Worth of Science News, by Microscope  -  Mar 11, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverDavid Hosking The stiffened schnozzle of a male southern elephant seal. With the nose display, a show of teeth, and a "wild, hoarse, gurgling noise," the ...

Visitor from down south lumbers in  -  Feb 19, 2008
Dispatch OnlineA RARE ton of blubber in the shape of a southern elephant seal beached itself near Haga-Haga this weekend for a hard-earned break from the chilly ...

Penguins and Sea Lions Make an Atlas  -  Nov 18, 2009
U.S. News & World Report...three species of petrel, four varieties of penguin, two fur seal species, the South American sea lion, and the southern elephant seal. ...

300-pound Californian flops into Port Angeles for a visit  -  May 11, 2007
Peninsula DailyThe southern elephant seal lives in the sub-Antarctic regions, and is much larger when grown than its northern cousin. Adult male northern elephant seals ...

gray seal -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica...found mainly on coastal islands off California and Baja California, and the southern elephant seal (M. leonina), found throughout sub-Antarctic regions. ...

Southern elephant seals study stays well on track  -  Aug 23, 2007
Fife TodayAn international team of scientists, led by the University of St Andrews, has witnessed for the first time the behaviour of the southern elephant seal and ...

Cliff's fate sealed  -  Mar 29, 2006
$2.50 - Mordialloc Chelsea Leader - News Limited AustraliaThe southern elephant seal was euthanased at Mornington Pier by Melbourne Zoo vets last Tuesday at the request of the Department of Sustainability and ...

Antarctica :: Sea life -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 16, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica...in the Antarctic zone, and another, the southern elephant seal, breeds near the Convergence at South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Macquarie islands. ...

Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas  -  Nov 27, 2009
sciencedaily.com...three species of petrel, four varieties of penguin, two fur seal species, the South American sea lion, and the southern elephant seal. ...

Elephant seals coming to the big screen: Local company's film makes …  -  Jun 28, 2007
Free with registration - Monterey County Herald - AccessMyLibrary.comThere are two species: the northern elephant seal, mirounga angustirostris, and the slightly larger southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina. ...

Ocean depths reveal wealth of life  -  Nov 23, 2009
Aljazeera.netA few creatures that normally live in the sunlit zone visit the abyss, such as the southern elephant seal which was registered at a depth of 2388m.

Elephant seals coming to the big screen: Local company's film makes …  -  Jun 28, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Monterey County Herald - HighBeam ResearchThere are two species: the northern elephant seal, mirounga angustirostris, and the slightly larger southern elephant seal, mirounga leonina. ...

Reproductive Organs of F[o elig]tal and Juvenile Elephant Seals  -  Jan 4, 2010
Nature.com...serving with the Falkland Islands' Dependencies Survey in South Georgia and material was collected from the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina. ...

Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 31436 Marine Mammals; File No. 774- …  -  Jun 2, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - LoislawThe permit holder requests authorization to collect tissue samples from leopard seals and begin a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) study. ...

Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 49648 Marine Mammals; File No. 774- …  -  Aug 22, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - LoislawThe amendment also authorizes the researchers to begin a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) study. Up to 180 southern elephant seals would be ...

Antarctica: a land that dwarfs mankind  -  Sep 16, 2007
Times OnlineSeal: Antarctica has the world's biggest seal, the southern elephant seal, with males growing up to 16ft long and weighing more than two tons. ...

Penguins' secret ocean food stash found  -  May 15, 2009
msnbc.comTop marine predators, such as the Southern elephant seal, appear to favor the same central Indian Ocean feeding spot valued by the penguins. ...

Sick seal put down. 21/03/2006. ABC News Online  -  Mar 21, 2006
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineA southern elephant seal that has spent the past seven months visiting Melbourne's southern beaches has been put down due to ill health. ...

Hunting snake and hunted tiger among wildlife photography highlights  -  Oct 3, 2009
Telegraph.co.ukA young southern elephant seal pup rests in a freshwater creek in Fortuna Bay, South Georgia. Photo: Paul Nicklen. Miles Kenzo Kooren saw the Paradise Tree ...

Vic: Authorities fear fur seal shot with crossbow may have died |...  -  Feb 17, 2005
Pay-Per-View - AAP General News - HighBeam ResearchThe park would protect the habitat of threatened species such as the royal and rockhopper penguins, the subAntarctic fur seal, southern elephant seal and ...

The Weekend Post Online  -  Jan 16, 2010
Weekend Post...includes in-depth studies into the dwindling southern elephant seal populations on Marion Island, tracking reproduction changes in Norwegian moose, ...

United States Code of Federal Regulations - 45 CFR § 670.19 …  -  Jul 12, 2006
Pay-Per-View - United States Code of Federal Regulation... - Loislaw...fn1] Southern elephant seal— Mirounga leonina. Southern fur seals— Arctocephalus spp.[fn1] Weddell seal—Leptonychotes weddelli. ...

Food chains: Killer in the kelp  -  Feb 15, 2007
Nature.comSanta Cruz, and her colleagues have proposed that the simultaneous collapse of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and southern sea lion ...

Understanding the phylogeographic patterns of European hedgehogs, …  -  Apr 20, 2005
Nature.com...(1992) Limited MHC polymorphism in the southern elephant seal: implications for MHC evolution and marine mammal population biology. ...

Team Captures Photographs Of Rare White Seal  -  May 20, 2009
RedOrbitResearchers have confirmed the first ever sighting of a white southern elephant seal on a sub-Antarctic beach, BBC News reported. ...

WWF associate organization signs agreement to promote sustainable …  -  Jan 6, 2006
webwire.com...array of tall cliffs, rocky reef and exotic marine mammals, including the southern elephant seal, sea lion, southern right whale, and Magellan penguins. ...

TAS: Management plan to protect Heard, McDonald islands | Article...  -  Mar 31, 2005
Pay-Per-View - AAP General News - HighBeam Research...hectare Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, home to an array of wildlife, including the threatened southern elephant seal, the sub ... ...

New technology reveals seal behavior  -  Aug 8, 2007
eurekalert.orgSurvey to witness for the first time the behaviour of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and how it relates to its physical environment. ...

Mordialloc Chelsea Leader  -  Apr 19, 2006
$2.50 - Mordialloc Chelsea Leader - News Limited Australia...``A southern elephant seal dependent on hand-outs will become aggressive when it is not fed and is not likely to return to its normal behaviour and range,'' ...

seal (mammal) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica...[Encyclopædia Britannica Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup on the coast of …[Credits : Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.] Northern fur seals ...

Article: 150 YELLOW BINS SIGNIFY PLANET AID'S CLOTHING DRIVE.( …  -  Nov 18, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Post-Standard - HighBeam ResearchSumner's resident southern elephant seal, Dumbo, has declared open season on the Christchurch City Council's doggy-doo disposal bins. ...

A year in the Falkland Islands  -  Dec 16, 2008
TravelBite.co.uk...black-browed albatross, southern giant petrel and southern elephant seal are among the species that return to the Falkland Islands for the summer. ...

Elephant Seals Moved Fast With Climate Change  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Discovery News..."The results suggest that a highly mobile species like the southern elephant seal may be able to take advantage of emerging habitat resulting from climate

Elephant seals enlisted in study of Antarctic seas  -  Aug 11, 2008
Reuters UK,The Southern elephant seal is the largest of the world's pinnipeds, the animal group that includes seals, sea lions and walruses. Males can measure 15 feet

Elephant seals join fight against climate change  -  Aug 12, 2008
Canada.com,This undated photo shows scientists placing a small sensor on the head of a Southern elephant seal. REUTERS/Courtesy Proceedings of the National Academy of

‘Fairy’ penguin drops in for visit  -  Apr 23, 2008
Dispatch Online,...“Earlier this year, a young Southern Elephant Seal hauled out to moult in the same area and has now left for home down south. So within a few months,

Urban critters: The northern elephant seal  -  Apr 19, 2008
Vancouver Sun,...a large male northern elephant seal (a bull) is as big as a seal can be, save for the slightly larger male southern elephant seal.

Visitor from down south lumbers in  -  Feb 18, 2008
Dispatch Online,A RARE ton of blubber in the shape of a southern elephant seal beached itself near Haga-Haga this weekend for a hard-earned break from the chilly

Ex-EP man takes the plunge to rescue huge sea bird  -  Jan 29, 2008
The Herald Eastern Cape,Other threats include a decline in the population of the southern elephant seal. They are able to regurgitate foul-smelling oil, which they spit at

Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas Approves ...  -  Nov 28, 2007
CSRwire.com (press release)...a multifaceted approach developed by WCS and various stakeholders to preserving this unique natural setting: 1) Southern elephant seal research;

South Africa: Satellite Tagged, Sealed And Data Delivered  -  Aug 14, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...sophisticated instrumentation combined with some good old-fashioned glue, they are now able to gather exact data on how the southern elephant seal,

Leões e Leopardos Marinhos na Antártica  -  Jul 30, 2007
INEMA Esportes e Aventura,There are two species: the Northern Elephant Seal, M. angustirostris, and the Southern Elephant Seal, M. leonina. Both were hunted nearly to extinction by

New technology reveals seal behavior  -  Aug 8, 2007
HULIQ,Survey to witness for the first time the behaviour of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and how it relates to its physical environment.

COURTESY OF MARTIN BIUW  -  Aug 9, 2007
Scientific AmericanSEAL TRACKING: This male southern elephant seal sports a novel accessory: a cutting-edge sensor that monitors the beast's temperature, along with the depth

Seals Wired to Collect Deep-Sea Data  -  Aug 6, 2007
LiveScience.com,The southern elephant seal is the largest seal in the world, with males reaching up to 22 feet long and 11000 pounds in weight. The elephantine snouts of



The Medieval and Roman Warm Periods in Antarctica  Nov 21, 2006
Northern Hemisphere and with glacier advance near [Victoria Land's] Terra Nova Bay," although they found evidence of southern elephant seal presence stretching ... - CO2 Science Magazine, [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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