A bull elephant seal bellows at Point Reyes National Seashore in California, where a large male rescued a young seal from an ocean undertow. Credit: Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty.

Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are the largest of the “true” seals in the Northern Hemisphere, although they’re not the largest seal in the world – that crown belongs to ...

It’s bull elephant seals’ turn to take over the beach at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon. The big male elephant seals are here to rest and shed their skin in July and August ...

A bull elephant seal on a California beach shocked researchers in 2022 with an uncharacteristic good deed, a recent study reported. The seal pushed a pup being swept out to sea back to shore at ...

It’s then that these bull elephant seals — weighing as much as 5,500 pounds — are laser-focused on mating with 1,200-pound females and fighting off other dominant males to defend ownership ...

A bull elephant seal on a California beach shocked researchers in 2022 with an uncharacteristic good deed, a recent study reported. The seal pushed a pup being swept out to sea back to shore at ...

Full-grown elephant seal bulls are returning to the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon for their summer break from foraging in the Pacific Ocean. One bull cleared females, juveniles and ...

The size of an elephant seal’s nose is a rough indicator of age. It starts growing when the seal is about 5 years old, and continues throughout its life.

A Friends of the Elephant Seals docent answers your questions about everything from skin coloring to poop. It’s a good time to spot bull elephant seals in SLO County. Here’s how to identify them ...

A bull elephant seal on a California beach shocked researchers in 2022 with an uncharacteristic good deed, a recent study reported. The seal pushed a pup being swept out to sea back to shore at ...