Newborns use their voices like human infants, research scientist says. Hungry? Cry for food. Scared of a looming large adult ...

Today, the largest southern elephant seal populations are found on subantarctic islands, including South Georgia, Macquarie Island and the Falkland Islands. These colonies act as global ...

Growth models can explain differences in growth patterns and time of onset of puberty in elephant seal populations at Macquarie Island and Falklands Islands. Elephant seals at Macquarie Island are ...

David Farmer had been hunting vocalizations for the multitudinous “Moria orcs” in the first “Lord of The Rings” movie and “needed something new and cool.” Sightseeing with his wife, Farmer was not ...

Northern elephant seal at Año Nuevo Natural Reserve near Pescadero, Calif. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

“In the two years before an elephant seal is born, if the conditions are good, then two years later, the elephant seal moms are four times more likely to give birth,” Payne says. She says that ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A young elephant seal was found resting in the sun on Seaside Beach along the Oregon Coast. Seaside Aquarium said the seal is going through its annual molt, which is a normal ...

It was David Attenborough’s idea. He’d always wanted to do a documentary about Jumbo the elephant — the world’s first animal superstar — who died in St. Thomas, Ontario under ...