Northern elephant seals are protected by federal law, and disturbing them during fasting and breeding can cause stress, ...

An elephant seal forages for fish near an underwater observatory called in Berkley Canyon off the coast of British Columbia. This subsea lab named NEPTUNE is over 2,000 feet deep and a team of ...

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

Two people were captured on a livestream throwing rocks at an elephant seal resting on a California beach, officials reported ...

In an unlikely act of altruism observed two years ago, a male elephant seal prevented a younger animal from drowning. By Darren Incorvaia Male elephant seals are not known for their paternal instincts ...

GONYEA: Turns out the sounds and rhythms of individual elephant seals are unique. And once the alpha male's signature call is heard, even if it's recorded and played back over loudspeakers, other ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...