Our seals have travelled from as far as the deep seas off Alaska to reach the bay. Northern elephant seals are the largest true seal in the Northern Hemisphere. When males reach puberty at about 7 ...

Elephant seals are returning to Drake's Beach at the ... "This is incredible to get so close to them, how large they are," Ed Lamm. Rangers say some bulls can weigh 5,000 pounds.

crowds got so big that the park had to set up guided tours with the help of marine biology students from UC Santa Cruz. Today there are more than 200,000 Northern elephant seals. They aren’t ...

When this elephant seal strayed on to their bit of the beach, these penguins weren't going to take it lying down. As a result, the young seal suffered a painful pinch on the behind as the gentoo ...

Large colonies of sea lions and elephant seals line miles of coastal beaches, while southern right whales harbor in the gulfs. Conservation efforts to protect the rare and endangered species that ...