Seal season hasn’t quite ended yet for Gisborne, with the latest seal sighting up Waimata River near Anzac Park. Char Tawera ...

Experts say the population was likely reduced to fewer than 25 animals at the start of the 20th century. Inbreeding still ...

Over 50 people on a whale-watching boat off the coast of Central California last month saw a grotesque, primal scene observed on "Shark Week" more often than in real life. In the high-action wildlife ...

The viral elephant seal also has unofficial merchandise ... childhood without other young seals to socialize and swim with. Young seals “will habitually return to the places where they were ...

Genomic and fitness consequences of a near-extinction event in the northern elephant seal. Nature Ecology & Evolution , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02533-2 Cite This Page : ...

2 hours of sleep? How this animal can survive is a mystery. Tiny number of elephant seal 'supermoms' produce most pups Tiny number of elephant seal 'supermoms' produce most pups Great White Shark ...

"It's a cacophony in a seal colony," explains Dr Caroline Casey, where hundreds of mums and pups call at once. Now, research led by California-based scientists has revealed that mother elephant ...

An elephant seal dubbed Sammy has kept returning to Portland on mainland Australia for visits. Locals enjoy watching him and taking photos of him visiting locations around the town. Sammy the ...

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.

Northern Elephant seals have staged a remarkable comeback after narrowly escaping extinction by hunting, but new research reveals lasting genetic effects in the present population. Hunted for the ...