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For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea. The new findings, ...

During the many months they spend at sea gorging on fish and squid, the massive mammals sleep only about two hours a day. By Annie Roth It long seemed as though African elephants were the champions of ...