Zookeepers have recorded a remarkable mix of sounds produced by reuniting Zoos Victoria elephants. The recording not only demonstrates the breadth of elephant’s sonic capacity, but includes sounds the ...

Five eighth-grade boys sit before Mya Thompson, singing a Muppets song, grooving in their chairs, and giggling. A sixth slouches and plugs his ears with his fingers. On a screen in front of them, ...

A family enjoying a beach day in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur was frightened by a massive elephant seal that emerged on the shore and approached the group. The accompanying footage, ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea. The new findings ...

Northern elephant seals are the true masters of the power nap. On long trips out to sea, the seals snooze less than 20 minutes at a time, researchers report in the April 21 Science. The animals ...

A biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography has found that elephant seals take multiple 10-minute naps during their nearly 10-month foraging trips out to sea. Like us, elephant seals need to ...