A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina. Close contact between pinniped ...

In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 percent of the vulnerable animals) and an unknown number of adults in a major ...

A devastating H5N1 outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including 97% of pups, at Argentina’s Península Valdés. A ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, ...

In the 1700s, nearly all marine mammals, including sea otters, whales, dolphins, seals and sea lions were casualties of the ...

A young male elephant seal taken into the care of South African Association for Marine Biological Research (Saambr) experts ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal is holding a contest to guess exactly when the first mature male might arrive on Central Coast ...

In the first study on elephant seals, published today in Nature Communications, researchers from UC Davis and the National ...

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd ...

Volunteers and rescue workers are formulating a plan to remove a packing strap wrapped around a young elephant seal’s neck at ...

Elephant seal numbers in Argentina remain low after a deadly H5N1 outbreak, highlighting the virus's dangerous adaptability.