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. The first elephant seal pups of the season ...

Ferocious human-like monsters that battle hobbits and heroes in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive into the fog-swept Marin Headlands and a Bay ...

Three elephant seals returned to the ocean Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, marking what the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said was the final release of a busy season for the species. The release ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal holds a contest every year to guess when the first bull will arrive for the breeding season. The prize is the satisfaction of guessing right and being praised by FES ...

An outbreak of avian flu in 2023 hammered a colony of southern elephant seals in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region, leading to a 50% decline in its population. But over the 2024-2025 breeding season, ...

When eight young northern elephant seals suddenly began showing up at a deep-sea observatory, researchers were taken by surprise. Their repeated visits to the research site, otherwise a speck in the ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Morning, Neil. CHANG: And Neil is actually kind of a celebrity. It's unusual now to see a seal do a chicken's job - that is, crossing the street - but Neil loves the attention.

Southern elephant seals, including the famed Bakkies, have returned to Cape Town' s shores for their moulting period. This article highlights the importance of respecting these marine giants and ...

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 ...

There is a different kind of Tasmanian devil on the loose right now. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Morning, Neil. CHANG: And Neil is actually kind of a celebrity. It's unusual now to see a seal do a chicken ...