Researchers don’t often put electronic tags on elephant seal pups. At more than $3,000 per satellite tag, losses are just too high to risk the expensive technology. But in one recent case, it paid off ...
They are all elephant seals, on their way to maturity. About half the young of the year survive this first migration. It's not an easy journey. They could swim and dive when they left, but they had to ...
Elephant seals sleep about 10 hours a day on the beach, but during months-long foraging trips at sea they average just 2 hours of sleep per day. These 2-month-old northern elephant seals are sleeping ...
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. The scientists ...
Elephant seals sleep about 10 hours a day on the beach, but during months-long foraging trips at sea they average just 2 hours of sleep per day. These 2-month-old northern elephant seals are sleeping ...
Irate males guffaw loudly through their ginormous proboscises beside dozing female elephant seals who nurse their dark-hued offspring while absorbing solar energy. Meanwhile, scores of human visitors ...
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When it comes to ocean diving, no seal can compete with the elephant seal. While on the hunt for their deep-dwelling squid and fish prey, these blubbery behemoths hold their breath for up to two hours ...
An elephant seal named Phyllis at Ano Nuevo Natural Preserve within Ano Nuevo State Park near Pescadero, Calif., in May. UC Santa Cruz researchers say Phyllis has set a record by swimming farther west ...
Monarch as a weanling with her new tags in April 2023. Photo taken under NMFS permit 22187-04. Molly Murphy Researchers don’t often put electronic tags on elephant seal pups. At more than $3,000 per ...
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, ...
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