While elephants stand proud as the largest land animals on Earth, there are a few predators that can take out an elephant, especially a juvenile specimen. Watch to learn about 8 animals that can ...

Hundreds of forest elephants gather at the beach to feed. They are shy animals, and their displays of strength can be playful or a sign of distress. - [Narrator] In the late afternoon, the beach ...

Elephant seals avoid predators by sleeping while they dive, a new study has found. The research published Thursday in Science sheds new light on the universal mammal need for sleep and the species ...

"Elephant seals are unusual in that they switch between getting a lot of sleep when they’re on land, over 10 hours a day, and two hours or less when they’re at sea," said lead scientist ...

Elephants, rhinos, and other African mammals ... lab at the university whose research focuses on the "ecology of fear." "Predators kill prey, and that obviously reduces prey numbers, but what ...

The surprisingly short shut-eye may be a way for the elephant seal to avoid predators—an intriguing find from the first-ever sleep study on marine mammals in the wild. A baby northern elephant ...

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Elephant seals drift downwards in a "sleep spiral" when deep diving in the ocean, a new study found. Sleeping while deep diving allows the seals to avoid predators, scientists believe. The ...

The study’s authors believe that sleeping in the deep allows the seals to power-nap without being eaten by prowling predators. Northern elephant seals, which are found along the West Coast ...