On this week's episode of the Best of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald: digging through dino poop, lead made Romans dumber, elephants use tools, and happy rats ...

Elephant seals are not aggressive by nature, he said, but an approaching dog might prompt the animal to react. “The animals have teeth, they can bite. “You might think that just looks like a slug on a ...

Elephant seals are not aggressive by nature, he said, but an approaching dog might prompt the animal to react. “The animals have teeth, they can bite. “You might think that just looks like a ...

A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early Tuesday, surprising residents and inspiring a rescue effort to get him back to ...

Every year, elephant seals undertake a seven-month-long migration into the open sea, and must carefully navigate the treacherous waters to make sure they eat enough and don't get eaten.

Elephant seals haul out on land for four to five weeks to moult, shedding not just their fur, but their entire skin. It’s an uncomfortable process that can put the seals in an agitated state ...

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.

A large elephant seal is found lumbering along a South African street By: The Associated Press Posted: 12:19 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 27, 2025 Last Modified: 2:44 PM CDT Tuesday, May. 27, 2025 ...

Members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) watch an elephant seal cornered on a street in Gordon’s Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.