Surendra Varma, Spatial distribution of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) and its habitat usage pattern in Kalakad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, southern India, Current Science, Vol. 94, ...

It’s not soft and silky, like otter or fur seal fur. Elephant seals rely on their blubber for warmth, not their fur. Elephant seals spend an average of 32 days on the beach to molt.

This ultrasound from the journal Nature captures an 165-pound elephant fetus, already decked out with footpads, a trunk, and fur….

A fur seal and its pup snatch some brief shut-eye. Pictures: Nico de Bruyn Monitoring of the elephant seals has already turned up an interesting poser for researchers.

Up to 25,000 seals visit these beaches annually to do everything from mating to molting but from June to September, the beaches belong to the males as they shed their fur.

Northern elephant seals have adapted to sleep and dive at the same time all while avoiding predators. New research, based on the recorded brainwaves of the seals, revealed the marine mammals get ...

Abstract Elephant seals resting on land show an irregular breathing pattern that combines periods of eupnea and apnea. In this article we describe ontogenetic changes in the breathing pattern and in ...