A juvenile southern elephant seal from the Antarctic region was recently spotted off Sri Lanka’s southern coast. The seal appeared exhausted, and while there have been calls to capture it to ...

New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favorite foods. As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its ...

As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair selection of the menu. But it turns out they don't just want to eat anything and everything ...

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.

An international group of scientists have recruited a team of unlikely research assistants to help them study the Southern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica – elephant seals. Boldly going where ...

Justin Hofman’s southern elephant seal image is remarkable: head out of the water, ... Hofman told For The Win Outdoors that the image he shared three weeks ago was captured in 2011 in Antarctica.

An elephant seal that researchers named Zelda gave birth last fall to Ziggy on a beach in South Africa. Elephant seals are typically found on islands near Antarctica, more than 1,000 miles away.

In an uplifting bit of news, a southern elephant seal surprised residents in the Cape Town, South Africa, neighborhood of Gordon’s Bay. In an inspired, active cuteness, the locals saw fit to ...

A 1,300-pound southern elephant seal in Tasmania, affectionately known as "Neil the Seal," has become a viral internet sensation on the island state and across the world with his antics and ...

As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair selection of the menu. But it turns out they don’t just want to eat anything and everything ...