I do like to be beside the seaside! Elephant seal's huge grin as he's caught on camera at the beach . By DAILY MAIL REPORTER . Published: 08:56 EDT, 7 July 2012 | Updated: 09:04 EDT, 7 July 2012 ...

Scientists have learned that northern elephant seals — massive creatures found along the Pacific Coast of North America — cobble together a couple hours of sleep using underwater power naps.

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 ...

In the first-ever sleep study on marine mammals in the wild, she found in the open ocean, elephant seals sleep less than two hours per day—while on land, they doze more than 10 hours a day.

Adult elephant seal bulls may weigh over two tons, and be more than fifteen feet long. Bulls, with their floppy noses and pink chest shields, are always crowdpleasers to the influx of summer visitors ...

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 ...

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.

A mother elephant seal barks to a pup who appears to be listening on Dec. 30, 2024. The seals were lounging near the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, where pups will be born through January.

At the start of the 20th century, northern elephant seals were on the brink of being wiped out by hunting. 'Genetic analyses suggest that the population was likely reduced to fewer than 25 animals ...

May 27 (UPI) --Wildlife rescuers in South Africa said a "coordinated rescue plan is currently in action" to return a wandering elephant seal to the ocean after the animal made a surprise ...

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.