Have you ever tried to talk to someone while underwater? No matter how loud you might shout, it always sounds muffled. But why? As with many things in our bodies, the answer lies with evolution.

The secret of how seals can hear in air and water has been revealed, thanks to pioneering research led by Natural History Museum scientists. Humans and other land mammals hear by transferring sound ...

Evolutionary tree of the eared seals: fur-seals and sea-lions. Species found in Otago are written and outlined in red. The tree is rooted with the walrus, which is in its own family. Time proceeds ...

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 ...