Paul was not the only mammal lying patiently in wait on the edge of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, to greet the explosion of emperor penguins. Leopard seals – measuring up to three and a half metres long – ...

This last possibility made us rethink the interpretation of a famous encounter between a wild leopard seal and National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen. On entering the water, Nicklen was ...

To follow them, Paul Nicklen used polar survival skills ... I was also hit by a leopard seal. Its strategy is to fly out of the water and knock over penguins like bowling pins.