Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California's Año Nuevo State Park to fight, mate and give birth.

The male elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore are large and in charge. While they visit Point Reyes beaches at various times throughout the year, the real action happens during mating and ...

Elephant seal bulls are washing up at San Simeon Cove, Washburn beach and Moonstone Beach in Cambria. Unwary visitors may find that what appears to be driftwood is actually a live seal. They are ...

Valentina Saldaña is your comunity reporter covering the north coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, and San Simeon. It's elephant seal mating and birthing ...

The Bay Area is home to one of the world’s largest mainland-breeding colonies for the Northern Elephant Seal, and breeding ...

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 ...

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 this ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an unlikely act of altruism observed two years ago, a male elephant seal prevented a younger animal from drowning. By Darren Incorvaia Male elephant seals are not known for their paternal instincts ...