Now in high gear, the Weddell seal population study field team is setting up their remote sea ice camp, continuing… READ MORE

The Weddell seal population study field research team is now back in Antarctica, and moving quickly to get back out… READ MORE

Weather permitting, the field research team for the Weddell seal population study will be returning to Antarctica tomorrow as the… READ MORE

The U.S. government shutdown has now ended and funding has been restored to the National Science Foundation.  We hope to… READ MORE

Weddell seal population project lead scientist and Co-PI Dr. Jay Rotella discusses the effect of the Antarctica research field season cancellation… READ MORE

Due to the US government shutdown, the National Science Foundation has been forced by a cutoff of funding to suspend… READ MORE

For the first time in the Weddell seal population project's four and a half decade history, the 2013 field season… READ MORE

Spring has come to Antarctica.  And with the return of the sun to this icy continent at the bottom of… READ MORE