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It’s good viewing for visitors, who always enjoy seeing the big males. Adult elephant seal bulls may weigh over two tons, and ...
ORCAs, the ultimate ocean predators, are capable of hunting the largest animals on Earth, including blue whales and elephant ...
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 ...
Amphibious seals are less susceptible to hearing loss from airborne noises than their relatives and some can learn to close ...
The adult Elephant Seal which hauled out along the Garden Route near Mossel Bay, has returned to the ocean. The adult ...
Vera Panescu-Reich captures elephant seal swallowing shark on camera near Bainbridge. Her TikTok video goes viral, leaving her stunned by nature's wonders.
An Elephant Seal, named Bossie, is currently resting on the shoreline between Bayview Beach and Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay.
Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes in their ocean home, the seals’ population range has been shifting. Once ...
“Elephant seals down here are pretty unusual,” said Garry Heinrich of the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network, a group that responds to sea creature emergencies. He explained that them ...
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — A remarkable wildlife moment was caught on camera this week, showing an elephant seal swallowing a shark whole just off the coast of Bainbridge Island. The video, which ...
A Weddell seal. Credit: Michael Dunn, BAS Southern elephant seal numbers shared similar population trends over time, but in this study they showed no significant overall long-term decline.