The southern elephant seal population in South Africa has seen its conservation status improve from near threatened to least ...

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart sensors.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. PESCADERO, Calif. (AP) — Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California's ...

Elephant seals are huge, gray and blubbery. They have a big snout and a very distinctive voice. (SOUNDBITE OF ELEPHANT SEAL GRUNTING) SUMMERS: But despite the obvious differences, elephant seals ...

Weighing over 8,000 pounds, male elephant seals are among the largest seals on Earth and use their massive size to assert dominance during breeding season. Fierce battles erupt on crowded beaches as ...

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

PESCADERO — Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park to fight, mate and give birth. The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, drawing ...