Jan. 3—Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is temporarily closed to accommodate elephant seals that have set up camp for the breeding season. The annual ritual has brought at least ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

had to be when cinematographer Matt Aeberhard and I filmed with the huge male southern elephant seals, or beachmasters, and their fight for the right to breed on the shores of Peninsular Valdes.

On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions. Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in October 2024.

Elephant seal bulls are washing up at San Simeon Cove ... They are subdominant bulls who have been chased out of the breeding beaches. They find refuge on quiet stretches of sand — also known ...

Hearst San Simeon State Park is seeking volunteers to serve as docents at the Piedras Blancas rookery, where […] ...

The Eurasian Lynx is a wild cat with tufted ears and a short tail, found in forest across Europe and Asia. It is a stealthy ...

Population data for southern elephant seals across the Southwest Atlantic is limited, and at South Georgia needs updating, despite the island being home to the world’s largest breeding ...

Mass elephant seal deaths have been reported in the Antarctic ... cause dire repercussions on Antarctic wildlife and result to breeding failure and mortality events across the region.