Protecting remaining strongholds and minimising human impacts on food sources will be crucial to avoiding further population ...

Newborns use their voices like human infants, research scientist says. Hungry? Cry for food. Scared of a looming large adult ...

New research suggests a distinct lineage of elephant seals were well established in New Zealand at the time of human arrival.

The seal could be there for week as it goes through its annual molting process. People are reminded to stay at least 100 ...

A new study from researchers at the University of St. Andrews’s Sea Mammal Research Unit in Scotland suggests that some seals can cognitively perceive their blood oxygen supply and plan their diving ...

The pups born this season have been weaned and are now making their way into the ocean. Some might not quite make it.

Elephant seals at Macquarie Island are permanently stunted—possibly because of retarded growth during the suckling period.

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes in their ocean home, the seals' population range has been shifting.

Local experts are cautioning beachgoers to “share the shore” after a young elephant seal was found lounging on the Seaside ...

Beachgoers are being reminded to "share the shore" and give resting marine mammals space after a young elephant seal was ...