Elephant seals return to Año Nuevo State Park. Visitors watch battling bulls and 75-pound pups

The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, drawing wildlife watchers eager for a glimpse of the largest seals on the ...
East Bay Times

What California’s big, gross elephant seals can teach us about life

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...
WUNC

Elephant seals remember their enemies

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 ...
news.ucsc

Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean

Northern elephant seal at Año Nuevo Natural Reserve. (Credit: Dan Costa; photo taken under research permit NMFS 23188) Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the ...