New research of northern elephant seals has revealed their reproductive and foraging success has been affected by a population bottleneck which nearly caused their extinction and could make them ...

Northern elephant seals sleep while drifting hundreds of metres below the sea surface - at depths where their predators do not usually lurk. US researchers tracked the animals, recording their ...

Our seals have travelled from as far as the deep seas off Alaska to reach the bay. Northern elephant seals are the largest true seal in the Northern Hemisphere. When males reach puberty at about 7 ...

UC Santa Cruz A northern elephant seal mother moves towards a speaker playing the sound of her pup's call "It was dramatic - we see the recognition after just a day or two," said Dr Casey.

A female elephant seal equipped with two data-logging tags. (Photo by Martín Ignacio Brogger) LOS ANGELES (CN) — Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against a California man who fatally ...

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

Allen, Sarah G. Lau, Matthew J. and Codde, Sarah A. 2024. An observation of potential altruism by a male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Marine Mammal Science, Vol. 40, Issue. 3, How ...

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 ...

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

Jaw-dropping waterfalls, dazzling canyonside vistas, trippy desert mirages—state parks have something for everyone to ...

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