Northern elephant seals practically live underwater, taking up to 90 minutes between breaths. Medical Xpress. Deep diving with elephant seals offers unique insights into human health.

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 ...

Marine mammals can dive for remarkably long periods because their bodies have evolved to adapt to the underwater environment. Elephant seals, in particular, can hold their breath for about two ...

When Northern elephant seals haul out on land to breed and molt, they sleep for over 10 hours a day. During that time, the seals aren’t eating, which may explain their need for extra sleep.

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.

Sleeping 2-month-old northern elephant seals in the shallow lagoon at Año Nuevo State Park, Calif. Photo by Jessica Kendall-Bar. NMFS 23188. “Elephant seals are unusual in that they switch between ...

Northern elephant seals have highly-developed whiskers, as seen in this photo of a weaned elephant seal during breeding season (February) at Año Nuevo State Park. (Photo by Taiki Adachi) The deep ...

So a group of researchers has recruited some deep-diving experts: Elephant Seals and Weddell Seals. Scientists have been placing trackers on these blubbery marine mammals around Antarctica for ...

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 ...

Marine mammals can dive for remarkably long periods because their bodies have evolved to adapt to the underwater environment. Elephant seals, in particular, can hold their breath for about two ...

The recordings show diving seals going into the deep sleep stage known as slow-wave sleep while maintaining a controlled glide downward, then transitioning into rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, when ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN 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 ...