A new study used northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) — marine predators that forage in the twilight ... conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean to fish abundance in its deep ...

Despite their vital role in maintaining healthy oceans and their high economic value, only in recent years have forage fish—small fish that rank relatively low in the ocean’s food chain, such as ...

That curious question led scientists to connect oceanographic conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean to fish abundance in .