Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) fights with a rival for control of a large harem of females during the breeding season ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal holds a contest every year to guess when the first bull will arrive for the breeding season. The prize is the satisfaction of guessing right and being praised by FES ...

PESCADERO, Calif. (AP) — Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park to fight, mate and give birth. The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, ...

Mature bull elephant seals, foraging at sea for the past ten or twelve weeks, will start arriving a tPiedras Blancas any day. They are at their biggest and loudest now. They are ready for action. The ...

Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is temporarily closed to accommodate elephant seals that have set up camp for the breeding season. The annual ritual has brought at least 30 males to ...

Much of the eastern United States is currently undergoing a massive polar vortex, with another one expected to follow. Meanwhile, California basks in the sunshine. These conditions set the stage for ...