New research shows male elephant seals can remember the voices of past rivals, using vocal cues to decide whether to fight or ...

Elephant seals are biological absurdities. They can dive deeper than nuclear submarines, collapse their lungs to survive ...

They did not miss the elephant outside the room. Mo Salah’s absence from the squad after his ...

Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest and so far the winning bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, ...

Elephant seals don't forget their enemies. We learn about the great beasts' big beefs and why they matter. [Copyright 2024 NPR] ...

A Hawaiian monk seal swims in a pool after receiving a bird flu vaccine at Ke Kai Ola in Kailua-Kona. The endangered Hawaiian ...

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

The Marine Mammal Center is testing a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza vaccine on elephant seals at its Sausalito hospital. If it is effective in producing antibodies, the center plans to vaccinate ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. H5N1 bird flu is devastating marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some elephant seal colonies suffering ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday. The remote ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared. Many southern elephant seals breed on the beaches of South Georgia island ...