GEORGE NEWS - Columbo, the beloved southern elephant seal, celebrated World Oceans Day on Sunday 8 June at Victoria Bay, ...

Year after year, a colony of elephant seals arrives in Jackson Bay, on the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Chile, to molt and breed. However, in 2023, an outbreak of avian flu ...

VASHON ISLAND, Wash. — A rare sighting on Vashon Island has beachgoers talking after a massive elephant seal was spotted this week molting along one of the island’s popular beaches.

A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early Tuesday, surprising residents and inspiring a rescue effort to get him back to ...

Federal wildlife authorities are searching for a person of interest in the stabbing of a baby elephant seal on an Oregon beach, leaving it injured with multiple wounds. The 225-pound pup was ...

Elephant seals undergo an annual “catastrophic molt” in which they shed the entire outer layer of skin and hair (“pelage”). (Photo by Priya Ganguli) Cossaboon collected samples of molted elephant seal ...

Elephant seals are massive marine mammals that draw fascination due to their remarkable size and power. While often admired for their extraordinary marine abilities and unique appearance, there’s a ...

After nearly going extinct, elephant seals are a conservation success story. Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina. Close contact between pinniped ...

Epidemiological data of an influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in elephant seals in Argentina indicates mammal-to-mammal transmission. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53766-5; ...

Two elephant seals engage in a brawl over territory. Videographer Mark Coger, 37, noticed one male elephant seal that was originally resting on the beach suddenly lift his upper body as another ...