If You Go Año Nuevo State Park is on Highway 1 in San Mateo County at 1 New Years Creek Road, Pescadero. It costs $9-$10 per vehicle to enter. For more information, go to Año Nuevo SP (ca.gov ...

Male elephant seals sleep at Año Nuevo State Park in Pescadero, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Originally Published: December 12, 2024 at 12:07 PM PST ...

Año Nuevo State Park is on State Highway 1 in San Mateo County at 1 New Years Creek Road, Pescadero. It costs $9-$10 per vehicle to enter. For more information, go to Año Nuevo SP (ca.gov).

Elephant seals spend much of their time at Ano Nuevo resting in the sun, moving occasionally to cover themselves with sand. But there's so much else going on that crowded beach below.

Scientists collaborate with elephant seals to study their life cycles and ocean health. Along the rugged Northern California coast, Año Nuevo State Park harbors a thriving colony of elephant ...

Then there are elephant seals. Once on the brink of extinction, elephant seals are expanding north into new breeding grounds along the California coast, turning long-empty beaches into a ruckus of ...

Elephant seals lie in the sun at Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore on the Marin coast on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ...

They are the largest seals, with males weighing over two tons. Elephant seals dive deeper and longer than any other seals or sea lions, and while at sea they spend 90 percent of their time submerged ...