Maybe you didn't get enough sleep last night, but chances are you're still doing better than the typical northern elephant seal. Scientists have discovered the massive creatures — so named because the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a northern elephant seal with wide eyes looks into a camera next to an underwater acoustic monitoring device An elephant seal ...

A team of scientists recorded the brain activity of diving elephant seals in the wild and mapped out the eccentric treks the animals take when they sleep mid-dive. Exactly when and where elephant ...

It's easy to see how elephant seals got their name. Males have large noses, resembling an elephant's trunk, that they inflate to make noises to scare off other males during the breeding season. Big ...

A playful elephant at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Pattaya, Thailand, was captured strolling underwater. The elephant was nearly fully submerged in the pool, occasionally lifting its trunk and appearing ...