What is the ocean's 'twilight zone' and how are elephant seals helping to monitor it?
Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...
Deep-Sea Mysteries Unraveled: Elephant Seals Unlock the Secrets of the “Twilight Zone”
By studying elephant seals' hunting patterns, scientists have discovered a new way to monitor deep-sea fish populations.
Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean
Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that ...
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Top 5 Destinations to Swim with Seals and Sealions
Image via Jay Ruzesky, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons They are the largest of male elephant seals (genus Mirounga leonina) , coastal California (including Baja California, Mexico) and South America, which ...
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The Largest Elephant Ever Recorded
In this post we’ll get to know elephants, the largest land animal to walk our planet, a little bit better and uncover the largest elephant ever recorded. Have you ever wondered how big an elephant can ...
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Giant iceberg on crash course with island, putting penguins and seals in danger
The territory is home to precious colonies of King penguins and millions of elephant and fur seals. "South Georgia sits in iceberg alley so impacts are to be expected for both fisheries and ...
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Elephants are not human, Colorado high court rules for zoo in animal rights group's suit
The nonprofit group wanted the elephants to be transferred to a “suitable elephant sanctuary," according to the suit. The group cited habeas corpus, a provision of the U.S. Constitution that ...