The threatened species are rusty gray brown in color and are covered with thick blubber. Southern elephant seals are the ...

Our special report offers a rare look at life beneath the frozen continent—where penguins, seals ... we’ll dive through it, down as deep as 230 feet. (Read more: Get an Amazing Whale's ...

Researchers have developed increasingly sophisticated tags for tracking the movements and diving behavior of migrating elephant seals. Tags are attached harmlessly onto the animals' fur and ...

Northern elephant seals sleep while ... "This is not light sleep but real paralytic, deep sleep that would have humans snoring. Remarkably, the seal's brain reliably wakes them out of it before ...