Wildlife experts and crowds of gawkers are getting ready for the arrival of male elephant seals in San Simeon.

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A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here ...

If they’ve fought before, no need to fight again. They establish themselves in the dominance hierarchy. They can remember who beat who for years. As the elephant seals have increased in numbers ...

After first appearing in birds in Argentina in February of 2023, a "highly pathogenic" strain of H5N1 was spotted in infected ...

Northern elephant seals sleep while drifting hundreds of metres below the sea surface - at depths where their predators do not usually lurk. US researchers tracked the animals, recording their ...

2 hours of sleep? How this animal can survive is a mystery. Tiny number of elephant seal 'supermoms' produce most pups Tiny number of elephant seal 'supermoms' produce most pups Great White Shark ...

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. Dynamics of ...

The shocking moment two elephant seals are caught fighting on a beach has been caught on camera. Photographer Richard Sidey, ...

If they’ve fought before, no need to fight again. They establish themselves in the dominance hierarchy. They can remember who ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions in October 2024. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina.