The first elephant seal pup of the breeding season appeared on the south beach of the Piedras Blancas viewpoint on Dec. 8. Sharp-eyed Kris Clifford noticed the pup on the Friends of the Elephant ...

This hilarious elephant seals’ burps were so loud they sounded like a foghorn going off. Alex Cowan is an expedition leader in the polar tourism industry and as he was travelling around South ...

There is little chance you'll overlook an elephant seal on the beaches of Point Reyes National Seashore. Elephant seals are not your small, cuddly marine mammals. They are behemoths. At the upper end ...

A team of researchers are using drones and satellite images from space to count southern elephant seals on the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Using remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS ...

Avian flu, also known as H5N1, spread through marine mammal colonies in Argentinian Patagonia in August 2023, nearly doubling the death rate among southern elephant seals in some areas.

As autumn turns to winter on the Central Coast, one of the markers of the changing season is the return of the northern elephant seals to beaches south of Big Sur and just north of Monterey Bay at ...

It’s one of Northern California’s most famous wildlife shows. Every year, up to 10,000 elephant seals — the giant, blubbery pinnipeds that can weigh 5,000 pounds, grow as long as a Toyota ...

A female elephant seal has launched herself out onto the sand at Camps Bay to undergo moulting, creating quite a spectacle for passers-by. The energy-intensive process, which takes about a month ...

In the heart of the African savanna, where nature’s dramas unfold daily, an endearing but mischievous baby elephant embarked on an adventure he would never forget. In this captivating story, we delve ...