Meet the Elephant Seal, one of Antarctica’s largest and most fascinating mammals 🫣 Males can weigh over 4,000 kg, while females are much smaller; yet both are perfectly adapted to life in the harsh Southern Ocean 🌊 These giants spend months at sea, diving deep in search of squid and fish, before hauling out on beaches to breed, molt, and rest. Seeing them up close is a reminder of the incredible diversity and resilience of Antarctic wildlife 🙏🏼 📸: Page Chichester #Antarctica #AntarcticWildl

LIFE FINDS A WAY 🐋🦀🐧🐟🦐 On International Day for Biological Diversity … take the first look at what lives under the Antarctic ice in a frozen fjord. Australian marine biologists and their remote-controlled mini-sub explore the seabed in east Antarctica, to reveal biodiversity hotspots that we know barely anything about. While the types of organisms living on the seafloor — such as crustaceans, sea squirts, sponges, starfish, and sea urchins — are similar to those on reefs in #Tasmania or Sou