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, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephant seal sleeping in Antarctica.Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Elephant seals drift downwards in a "sleep ...

The African bush elephant holds the world record for the mammal that clocks the fewest hours of sleep per night, dozing off in bursts that together add up to just two hours. But now, scientists have ...

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 ...

As autumn turns to winter on the Central Coast, one of the markers of the changing season is the return of the northern elephant seals to beaches south of Big Sur and just north of Monterey Bay at Año ...

It long seemed as if African elephants were the champions of the all-nighter. They can get by on about two hours of sleep. Other mammals need much more, like koalas (20 hours) or you (at least seven ...

Everybody is fascinated by elephants, and for good reason. They may be the largest mammals walking on earth, but their gentle demeanor, focus on family and their young, and the strong bonds they ...

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 ...