A press release has been issued on our research on seal diet and preferred foraging locations.

Glacial Feast: Seals Caught Closer to Glaciers Had Fuller Stomachs

For more than a century, researchers have suspected that glacier fronts serve as important feeding hotspots for marine predators with no direct evidence. To address this, researchers have examined the stomach contents of ringed seals harvested through Inuit subsistence hunting in Greenland and compared their diet with capture location. The findings show that seals near the glaciers had eaten more than those farther away, highlighting climate-driven glacier retreat may threaten foraging grounds and marine ecosystems.

Title: Tidewater glacier fronts are an important foraging ground for an Arctic marine predator 

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment, available on February 18, 2026.

Authors: Monica Ogawa, Teunis Jansen, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Sascha Schiøtt, Caroline Bouchard, Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Søren L. Post, Yuta Sakuragi, Mayuko Otsuki, Shin Sugiyama & Yoko Mitani

DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-03174-4

For more details, please see the link below.
https://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/info/notice/20260218.html