The Bay Area is home to one of the world’s largest mainland-breeding colonies for the Northern Elephant Seal, and breeding ...

In the spring of 2023, we returned to Península Valdés, a rugged coastal region in Argentine Patagonia, expecting to witness the familiar sights and ...

It's elephant seal mating and birthing season and people from all over are coming to the Central Coast to watch these large ...

Northern elephant seals are protected by federal law, and disturbing them during fasting and breeding can cause stress, ...

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 30 males to ...

The virus has infected elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, triggering what researchers describe as an unprecedented ...

Northern elephant seals gather in huge numbers at a few well-known Central Coast rookeries, including Año Nuevo, Point Reyes ...

Returning to the same site to breed confers a risk of inbreeding with relatives, with the consequent genetic liabilities of ...

Elephant seals are huge, gray and blubbery. They have a big snout and a very distinctive voice. (SOUNDBITE OF ELEPHANT SEAL GRUNTING) SUMMERS: But despite the obvious differences, elephant seals ...

POINT REYES, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, a major migration is happening in Marin County. Elephant seals are returning to Drake's Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore for breeding season ...

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 30 males to ...