After nearly going extinct more than a century ago, populations of northern elephant seals have not only thrived, their "language" has changed too, according to a new study. "It's much more ...

Elephant seals sleep about 10 hours a day on the beach, like these 2-month-old northern elephant seals resting at California's Año Nuevo State Park.

By Barinia Montoya Year after year, a colony of elephant seals arrives in Jackson Bay, on the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Chile, to molt and breed. However, in 2023, an ...

A seal made the most of a swell at a beach off the coast of Te Awanga on the North Island of New Zealand, recently shared ...

When Northern elephant seals haul out on land to breed and molt, they sleep for over 10 hours a day. During that time, the seals aren’t eating, which may explain their need for extra sleep.

A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early Tuesday, inspiring a rescue effort to get him back to sea.

Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the little-known "twilight zone," an ecosystem abundant with fish that could ...

A new study reveals that elephant seals memorize the rhythm and pitch of individual voices. That means that the massive sea mammals know who's who, just by the sound of their voice.

An elephant seal forages for fish near an underwater observatory called in Berkley Canyon off the coast of British Columbia. This subsea lab named NEPTUNE is over 2,000 feet deep and a team of ...

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.

Federal wildlife authorities are searching for a person of interest in the stabbing of a baby elephant seal on an Oregon beach, leaving it injured with multiple wounds. The 225-pound pup was ...