Many people see the elephant’s trunk as their nose, and in a way, it does function as one. Trunks allow air to travel in, which enables scent molecules to travel up the trunk and reach ...

"Maybe it seems little to us because we don't fully understand the diversity of sleep adaptations and function of sleep in different animals!” she says by email. Northern elephant seals (seen at ...

Elephant seal bulls are washing ... retreated to nurse his own facial and nose lacerations. Docent Michael O’Bannon, after observing the seals for years, speculates that bulls retreat when ...

In an unlikely act of altruism observed two years ago, a male elephant seal prevented a younger animal from drowning. By Darren Incorvaia Male elephant seals are not known for their paternal ...