New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favorite foods. As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair ...

During mating season, male seals usually have one thing on their mind. For about three months, the seals conserve all their energy to mate, or at least try to, with nearby females at the beach. But ...

The male elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore are large and in charge. While they visit Point Reyes beaches at various times throughout the year, the real action happens during mating and ...

Adult female mortality of northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, was monitored daily throughout the breeding season and weekly during the non-breeding season at Año Nuevo, California, ...

The first mature bull elephant seal arrived at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon on Nov. 15. “He came in with a whisper,” said Cynthia Coulter, a Friends of the Elephant Seal docent who ...

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Both elephant seal guides and visitors are ...

A bull elephant seal saved a pup being swept out to sea at Point Reyes National Seashore in 2022, puzzling researchers. Photo by Lisha Riabinina via Unsplash A bull elephant seal on a California beach ...

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - Sleep is a precious commodity for people and across the animal kingdom, indispensable even as its biological purpose remains somewhat mysterious. We spend about a ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early Tuesday, surprising residents and inspiring a ...

It turns out that male southern elephant seals like to stick with their own favorite foods. Credit: Andrea Cormack/University of New South Wales As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the ...