The relationship between oceanographic conditions and predator population dynamics is a complex but critical area of study in understanding marine ecosystems. In particular, the northern elephant seal ...

Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the little-known "twilight zone," an ecosystem abundant with fish that could soon be ...

Young northern elephant seals can be seen in and around the Bay Area. The animals can be easily observed in their natural environment in three areas, and also at a marine-mammal rehabilitation center ...

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 ...

One of my favorite family traditions is driving out to Point Reyes National Seashore to see migratory elephant seals early every February at the peak of pupping season, when the population tops out ...

Ferocious human-like monsters in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive in the Marin Headlands and a Novato sound designer attuned to unusual ...

Sea lions, some dead, on beaches of Río Negro province, Argentina, in August 2023. Juan Macri/Associated Press Now, a team of ecologists, epidemiologists and veterinarians is scrambling to keep the ...

Ferocious human-like monsters that battle hobbits and heroes in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive into the fog-swept Marin Headlands and a Bay ...

The open ocean’s twilight zone, a vast deep ecosystem rich in fish biomass, is poorly understood because it is expensive and challenging for humans to reach its depths 200–1000 meters (660–3,280 feet) ...

If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered. If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild ...