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Leopard seals might not be the first animal that comes to mind when we think about singing, but new research suggests their songs may have more in common with us than we ever imagined. A study ...

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 ...

A comparison of the structure of leopard seal songs to those of other mammals and various forms of human music has found the closest counterpart to be nursery rhymes. Unsurprisingly, however, the ...

Typical behavior of leopard seal vocalizations—the male will sing a sequence of sounds underwater before returning to the surface to breathe (represented by a "Z") and repeats this cycle for hours at ...

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 ...