Elephant seal carcasses line the beach at Punta Delgada in Argentina on Oct. 10, 2023 following an outbreak of HPAI avian influenza that killed about 97% of all pups born that year. Disclaimer ...

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 ...

The grey seal pup weighed a third of the amount it should, the GSPCA said [GSPCA] A grey pup seal weighing a third of the weight it should be has been rescued in Guernsey. The pup, found at Fort ...

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.

In October, Friends of the Elephant Seal docents saw a seal with an entanglement around his neck on the beach at Piedras Blancas. He was at the far south end, difficult to observe — but that ...

On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions. Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in October 2024. Dynamics of ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's quieter. Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 ...

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 subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions in October 2024. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina.

A seal pup has been put to sleep after becoming caught in fishing hooks and line. The grey seal pup was found ensnared in the discarded tackle on Trebarwith Strand in north Cornwall on Sunday by ...