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.

Elephant seals began coming to the Piedras Blancas Rookery in 1990 ... The mom will immediately turn and bond with the newborn. Once the young pup finds one of the two nipples it will nurse on milk ...

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 ...

A newborn grey seal pup on the shingle at Orford Ness in Suffolk The first grey seal pup of the season has been born at a remote shingle spit that was once a Cold War weapons testing site.

The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) pup was rescued on Monday after a dead adult was found in the sea off Famagusta. An autopsy showed the death was the result of the complications of ...

Credit: Ollie Page, National Trust A former Cold War weapons testing site has welcomed its first grey seal pup of the season. Seals first started breeding at the remote shingle spit at Orford Ness ...

A newborn grey seal pup on the shingle at Orford Ness in Suffolk (National Trust/Ollie Page/PA) The first grey seal pup of the season has been born at a remote shingle spit that was once a Cold ...

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 ...

Camps Bay beach has an unexpected visitor – a female southern elephant seal who has hauled out onto the sand to moult. In this process, which takes about a month, the seal sheds and replaces ...