It’s easy to confuse two animals. Believe me, I do it much too often. I’m talking leopard vs. cheetah or emu vs. ostrich. But it doesn’t have to be as difficult to differentiate between two similar ...

Seals range in size from the 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and 45 kg (99 lb) Baikal seal to the 5 m (16 ft) and 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) southern elephant seal, which is also the largest carnivoran.[b] Several ...

Mass elephant seal deaths have been reported in ... This week Uruguay also reported that some 2,300 fur seals and sea lions had been buried, of which al least 42% had testred positive to the ...

(KGO) -- In the North Bay, a major migration is happening in Marin County. Elephant seals are returning to Drake's Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore for breeding season and many folks are ...

Docent Michael O’Bannon, after observing the seals for years, speculates that bulls retreat when their proboscis gets injured. The soft tissue of the elephant trunk-like proboscis is vulnerable.

It's birthing and mating season for elephant seals at Point Reyes. Beach closures are in effect to help protect nursing pups. Point Reyes officials recently celebrated the area's first pup birth ...

A team of researchers are using drones and satellite images from space to count southern elephant seals on the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Using remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS ...

Now, research led by California-based scientists has revealed that mother elephant seals can pick out their own baby's voice just two days after pups are born. This ability helps pups - and ...

The world's iceberg is heading for South Georgia—a wildlife haven in the South Atlantic—and scientists are worried.

A man attempting to illegally export items made from elephant and walrus ivory has received a suspended prison sentence. Peter Maw, 65, of Duke Street, Cheltenham was charged in October 2019 ...

When this elephant seal strayed on to their bit of the beach, these penguins weren't going to take it lying down. As a result, the young seal suffered a painful pinch on the behind as the gentoo ...