As autumn turns to winter on the Central Coast, one of the markers of the changing season is the return of the northern ...

Jaimie Cleeland who is the science manager for BAS’s King Edward Point Research Station on South Georgia says: “Understanding the size of the southern elephant seal population on and around So ...

Elephant seal lying on sand. Image via Unsplash. Elephant seals, named for their enormous size and the trunk-like proboscis of adult males, are the true giants of the seal family. These marine mammals ...

Avian flu, also known as H5N1, spread through marine mammal colonies in Argentinian Patagonia in August 2023, nearly doubling the death rate among southern elephant seals in some areas.

In October, Friends of the Elephant Seal docents saw a seal with an entanglement around his neck on the beach at Piedras Blancas. He was at the far south end, difficult to observe — but that ...

This included elephant seals, aptly named for their males’ prominent facial appendage. Characterized by their small limb (fin) size, elephant seals spend about 80 percent of their lives underwater and ...

Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés ... It will take decades before the numbers are back to the 2022 population size.” Falabella said the ...

Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists ...

A new campaign featuring a southern elephant seal perched on the bonnet of a car has been launched by RACT. With the underlying message of encouraging Tasmanians to keep a safe distance from wildlife, ...