University of Victoria researchers said their study provides a rare glimpse into the species' underwater behaviour, as the ...

Deep sea vents pump out thermogenic gas, which attracts all manner of sea life. The post Elephant Seals Appear to Be Using Sonar Noise to Find Food first appeared on The Inertia ...

Northern elephant seals used lights and sound equipment from deep-sea researchers to locate fish prey.

Researchers found northern elephant seals using sonar cues to locate prey deep in the Pacific Ocean. The study highlighted ...

By Shreya Dasgupta When eight young northern elephant seals suddenly began showing up at a deep-sea observatory, researchers ...

Lead author Heloise Frouin-Mouy says in a University of Victoria news release that the phenomenon is known as the “dinner ...

Scientists said new research shows how northern elephant seals used sonar from a deep sea research facility off the British ...

Northern elephant seals were repeatedly captured on camera ... But a review of the camera, acoustic images and sound data revealed the surprise visitors. "We suspect the seals have learned to ...

Several individuals were interestingly recorded on camera and hydrophone bobbing their heads and producing low-frequency ...

The sonar pulse frequencies fall within the hearing range of northern elephant seals, Frouin-Mouy said, meaning the mammals can detect the sounds. Furthermore, the same individual seals visited ...