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

In fiction, The Twilight Zone is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, between the pit of humanity’s fear and knowledge. In the real worl ...

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

By studying elephant seals' hunting patterns, scientists have discovered a new way to monitor deep-sea fish populations.

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's eerily dim 'twilight zone.' ...