The female then rebuffed him and continued calling ... This observation was very direct.” “Normal elephant seal male behavior is they basically don’t even acknowledge the pups’ existence ...

From mid-December to end of March, Northern elephant ... away from the female and his harem.” The researchers also note that after mom and pup were reunited, the male seal did not try to ...

Female southern elephant seals are also ... type studies to continue building our knowledge of male southern elephant seal specialization and its impacts." More information: A Cormack et al ...

In an unlikely act of altruism observed two years ago, a male elephant seal prevented a younger animal ... they noticed a young pup resting with an adult female close to the water.

“This male was fasting. They really try to conserve ... calling,” the study said. A female elephant seal splashed after the pup on the beach and called to it, but could not reach the pup.

This question led her to pursue a Ph.D. on what she described as “one of the most sexually dimorphic species on the planet—the northern elephant seal.” As Kienle explained, male and female elephant ...

A female elephant seal has launched herself ... This visit follows the recent sighting of Buffel, a well-known male southern elephant seal, near Duiker Island in Hout Bay.

(Marcela Uhart, UC Davis) On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions. Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in ...

"They could have the pick of the buffet, and yet each male southern elephant seal eats a lot of the same ... dwarfing their more placid, smaller female counterparts. Instead, researchers analyse ...