After nearly going extinct more than a century ago, populations of northern elephant seals have not only thrived, their "language" has changed too, according to a new study. "It's much more ...

Male elephant seals, weighing up to 5,000 pounds, often inadvertently crush seal pups. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News) While basic survival is a challenge for these pups, volunteers at the Marine ...

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.

Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Jaw-dropping waterfalls, dazzling canyonside vistas, trippy desert mirages—state parks have something for everyone to appreciate. Get out ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's quieter. Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 ...

Male elephant seals can weigh 4,000 to 6,000 pounds and can range from 12 to 18 feet in length, he said. Females are smaller, around 10 feet, and weigh about 1,500 pounds.

Elephant seals dive deeper and longer than any other seals or sea lions, and while at sea they spend 90 percent of their time submerged (more than most whales). The differences between the sexes are ...

Several young male northern elephant seals were caught on camera and detected by hydrophones. They appeared to be using the underwater observatory as a place to forage ...

For elephant seals - one of the most distinctive of the 33 species that comprise the world's seal family - it is hard work to stay fat. Skip to main content.

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.