Q. Where does the Code require a boundary seal when leaving a Class I, Division 2 location and entering an unclassified area? A.

Oceanographers are using data collected by elephant seals to improve their map of the seafloor on Antarctica's continental shelf.

Seals diving deep in the ocean for food near Antarctica are helping provide extremely accurate data for use in mapping the sea floor, oceanographers say.

Researchers found that female elephant seals know their distance from the breeding beach and allocate extra time to get back if they have farther to travel.