Every year from late December through March, scientists from the Beltran and Costa labs at UC Santa Cruz set out for the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park. There, thousands of elephant ...

On a beach in San Francisco, a crowd gathers to watch an elephant seal as it writhes in the sand. Concern increases as ...

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The habitat was the largest project in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s 109-year history and provides a home to eight ...

Vidhi Bubna writes about her experience at Masai Mara and charters into the unknown territories during her trip and gets ...

Discover animals with the longest gestation periods, including elephants, sperm whales, rhinoceroses and walruses. Learn why ...

California officials have closed public beaches following an avian flu outbreak in elephant seals. Discover the risks and how to stay safe on the coast.

A charming image of two southern elephant seal pups in a Falklands rock pool has earned Australian photographer Matty Smith ...

Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an ...

Researchers have detected avian flu in a major breeding colony of northern elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State Park. Swift detection has triggered an intense scientific response as researchers work ...

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped seal-watching tours to help limit the spread of the virus. On Wednesday, ...

The natural world is filled with extraordinary sounds, from booming rainforest calls to shockwaves deep beneath the ocean’s surface. Some animals use sound to attract mates or defend territory, while ...