Every year, up to 10,000 elephant seals — the giant, blubbery pinnipeds that can weigh 5,000 pounds, grow as long as a Toyota ...

Some facts about the Southern Elephant Seal, males are typically 5 to 6 times heavier than females; Southern elephant seal size varies by region: those in South Georgia can be 30% heavier than ...

Avian flu, also known as H5N1, spread through marine mammal colonies in Argentinian Patagonia in August 2023, nearly doubling the death rate among southern elephant seals in some areas.

As autumn turns to winter on the Central Coast, one of the markers of the changing season is the return of the northern elephant seals to beaches south of Big Sur and just north of Monterey Bay at ...

You could visit in one long day but better if you could make it a weekend visit by going to Hearst Castle or some of the other attractions in the area. Elephant seals began coming to the Piedras ...

A female elephant seal has launched herself out onto the sand at Camps Bay to undergo moulting, creating quite a spectacle for passers-by. The energy-intensive process, which takes about a month ...

Due to the circumstances of its advancement, the glacier is not shedding many icebergs into a fjord, reducing the seals’ habitat ... In February, a male elephant seal caused a stir when it ...