Sound designer David Farmer of Novato, who recorded elephant seal vocalizations at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif. that were used in the Lord of the Rings movies. (courtesy of David ...

Mother elephant seals are believed able to identify their own pup by the sounds they make ... like chimpanzees and sometimes resembled war cries. “They also sound like they’re laughing,” said Owen, 69 ...

When you think of elephants, you likely think of very large, gentle, placid creatures that have a distinct ‘trumpet’ kind of sound ... they’re not loud. An elephant’s booming rumble ...

This audio recording is a natural threat call of a northern elephant seal followed by four modified signals (pulse rate slowed down by 0.15 Hz and 1 Hz, centroid of the frequency spectrum shifted ...

Young northern elephant seals can be seen in and around ... mammal rehabilitation center near Sausalito, where Hollywood sound specialists have come to record the otherworldly vocalizations ...