Experts say the population was likely reduced to fewer than 25 animals at the start of the 20th century. Inbreeding still ...

The site was “an active feeding spot, which featured a large male Northern elephant seal being fed upon by an equally huge great white shark,” Perry said. A great white taking a bite out of an ...

The center’s other most common patients are the sea lions seen more frequently in large numbers along the shoreline. The ...

Genomic and fitness consequences of a near-extinction event in the northern elephant seal. Nature Ecology & Evolution , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02533-2 Cite This Page : ...

On Aug. 30, the group spotted the floating carcass of a dead elephant seal about ... serves as a breeding ground for seals, the area has some of the largest seal populations in the world.

Northern Elephant seals have staged a remarkable comeback after narrowly escaping extinction by hunting, but new research reveals lasting genetic effects in the present population. Hunted for the ...

Look away, hunks; this one may sting a bit. In the wild, the law is straightforward: it's all about survival of the fittest.

Most of the world’s everyday goods and raw materials moved over long distances are packed in large metal boxes the size of ...

An elephant seal dubbed Sammy has kept returning to Portland on mainland Australia for visits. Locals enjoy watching him and taking photos of him visiting locations around the town. Sammy the ...

A stranded young male southern elephant seal named Rocky has found a temporary sanctuary on the lower South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. Rocky, a southern elephant seal, was found stranded on the KZN ...

The government has tripled the size of a marine park surrounding little-known Australian islands that teem with penguins, ...