The world’s attention may be turning its focus to human athletes at the Olympics in Paris, but elephant seal observers are celebrating our own local seal athletes. A new exhibit at the Friends of the ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea. The new findings, ...

A recent study found that 47 percent of breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, home to the world’s largest ...

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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 scientists ...

During the many months they spend at sea gorging on fish and squid, the massive mammals sleep only about two hours a day. By Annie Roth It long seemed as though African elephants were the champions of ...

The Friends of the Elephant Seal Visitor Center exhibit displays the routes three well-traveled seal athletes took and their performance stats. Kathy Curtis Friends of the Elephant Seal The world’s ...

Northern elephant seals might be masters of multitasking in the animal kingdom because they’ve learned how to sleep and dive at the same time — all while avoiding predators. The elephant seals can ...