Seals in Lake Baikal use comb-shaped teeth to catch scores of amphipods, a study finds. The diet may be behind the seals’ relative success.

Example of Baikal seal skull specimens. (a) Maxilla and (b) mandible tooth row. (c–f) Enlarged view of maxilla teeth. (c) Yellow arrows represent the number of cusps. (d) Yellow dashed line ...

Seal teeth offer glimpse into the environmental past of Russia's Lake Baikal Date: March 21, 2014 Source: Wellesley College Summary: Scientists have found that the teeth of the nerpa seal may hold ...

Seals have a reputation for being the laid-back loungers of the animal kingdom, but there’s a lot more going on beneath that ...

Result of principal component analysis (PCA) on tooth morphology in Baikal seals and its relative species. Horizontal axis represents principal component 1 and vertical axis represents principal ...

Not only is Siberia's Lake Baikal the world's largest freshwater lake, it's also the only home of the Baikal freshwater seal. A new study indicates that the animals subsist largely on tiny ...

Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, known as the "Galapagos of Russia." However, the unusual body of water boasts more than just its colossal size.

The Baikal seal is an exception to this trend, spending its whole life in Lake Baikal, a freshwater lake in Siberia. Geography: ...

The Baikal seal is the only freshwater species of its kind and can stay under the surface for up to an hour and reach incredible depths of 1,000ft. It shares the crystal clear waters with giant ...

Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is home to 80,000 seals. They spend their days zooming through the water in pursuit of delicious fish, crowding onto rocks to sun themselves, and, when winter hits ...