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 ...

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.

Testing out new headgear. Previous observations had shown that elephant seals in the open ocean surface for a couple of minutes at a time, between 10-to-30-minute dives.

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.

Take that, plus what elephant seals accomplish at sea, and our modern sleep habits might start to look suspect. But duration can be deceiving, Bhagwandin told me.

Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the little-known "twilight zone," an ecosystem abundant with fish that could ...

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.

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes in their ocean home, the seals' population range has been shifting.

Genomic and fitness consequences of a near-extinction event in the northern elephant seal. Nature Ecology & Evolution , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02533-2 Cite This Page : ...

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 ...