The population fluctuations of these marine mammals reveal a connection between the abundance of their prey and biophysical oscillations in the Pacific Ocean.

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...

Elephant seals are now key players in ocean research. Fitted with smart sensors, these massive marine mammals are helping ...

A new study led by UC Santa Cruz marine biologist Roxanne Beltran to be published as the February 14 cover story for Science ...

Biologists who monitor wildlife year-round at San Francisco's remote Farallon Islands will be leaving their posts for the ...

A new study suggests that elephant seals can serve as “smart sensors” for monitoring fish populations in the ocean’s twilight ...

An unusual medieval gold seal with a gemstone engraved with an elephant carrying a castle on its back has been added to a ...

A man at a beach near Gordon's Bay in the Western Cape shared a video of a large elephant seal making its way to shore. Some ...

Elephant seals have seen a population rebound and are returning in droves to Drake's Beach in California. The gathering of ...

Scientists have a different idea of the twilight zone. To them, it’s an area of the open ocean where most fish live – depths of 650 to 3,200 feet.

Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean’s twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new study, these deep-diving creatures can help estimate ...

A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in ...