But why are we melting into puddles of parental love over a baby seal? A puppy? Pictures of kittens ... that have baby-like features,” Herzog says. Even enjoying kitten memes, it turns out, has an ...

But why are we melting into puddles of parental love over a baby seal? A puppy ... Even enjoying kitten memes, it turns out, has an evolutionary basis. Our preference for cuteness has a downside.

Southern elephant seals are the “canary in the coal mine” for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.

In particular, the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) serves as an excellent model organism to explore these connections, as their population growth is closely linked to variations in ...

Rocky, a juvenile elephant seal who was stranded on the shores of Rocky Bay in October, has been successfully released back into the ocean off the coast of Gqeberha after months of dedicated care ...

Elephant seals depend on this daily dance for sustenance: The females get their much-loved lanternfish and squid from this mobile buffet. A study published on February 14 in Science suggests that ...

Magda attempting to wake up Jenny after the latter collapsed and died. A circus elephant has left the internet teary-eyed after a video of her lamenting the loss of a long-time performing partner ...

A new AI system could help prevent elephant poaching in Malaysia, according to researchers at Cardiff University. PoachNet is a new machine-learning tool designed by integrating deep learning ...

By Shawn McCreesh Reporting from Washington About 12 minutes into the first meeting of his new cabinet, President Trump addressed the elephant in the room. This was rather easy for him to do ...

The meme coin trade has morphed into something bizarre. Even for the uninitiated, the once-obscure corner of the crypto market has become hard to ignore. Often with no actual use case and values ...

President Trump posted a “SpongeBob SquarePants” meme mocking federal employees in the wake of an email sent to the workforce asking them to document their achievements from the past week.