Protecting remaining strongholds and minimising human impacts on food sources will be crucial to avoiding further population ...

On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions. Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in October 2024.

had to be when cinematographer Matt Aeberhard and I filmed with the huge male southern elephant seals, or beachmasters, and their fight for the right to breed on the shores of Peninsular Valdes.

New research suggests a distinct lineage of elephant seals were well established in New Zealand at the time of human arrival.

It is currently peak breeding season for the elephant seals. Those gatherings offer a boisterous scene, Beltran said. The females are fighting each other to protect their pups from one another.

Local experts are cautioning beachgoers to “share the shore” after a young elephant seal was found lounging on the Seaside ...

Elephant seals likely expanded from ice-free refuges ... Meanwhile, Macquarie Island is home to a significant breeding colony facing its own challenges. Changes in Antarctic sea ice are increasing ...

Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.

The elephant seals' history offers a window into how marine ... and minimising human impacts on their food sources and breeding grounds will be crucial if we hope to avoid further contractions ...

See All Key Ideas Rhythmic clicks, grunts and roars fill the Año Nuevo Island Reserve in California, home to a large breeding colony of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris).

Mass elephant seal deaths have been reported in the Antarctic ... cause dire repercussions on Antarctic wildlife and result to breeding failure and mortality events across the region.

Population data for southern elephant seals across the Southwest Atlantic is limited, and at South Georgia needs updating, despite the island being home to the world’s largest breeding ...