Every year, up to 10,000 elephant seals — the giant, blubbery pinnipeds that can weigh 5,000 pounds, grow as long as a Toyota ...

Our seals have travelled from as far as the deep seas off Alaska to reach the bay. Northern elephant seals are the largest true seal in the Northern Hemisphere. When males reach puberty at about 7 ...

When the elephant seal moved to the north beach in ... He was cautioned that it’s more difficult than it looks. It’s a pretty big seal, after all. The Marine Mammal Center estimated he weighs ...

southern elephant seal, which is also the largest carnivoran.[b] Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism. They have streamlined bodies and four limbs that are modified into flippers.

This hilarious elephant seals’ burps were so loud they sounded like a foghorn going off. Alex Cowan is an expedition leader in the polar tourism industry and as he was travelling around South Georgia, ...

Male elephant seals recognise the rhythm of one another's voices, researchers say. Scientists in the US "decoded" the calls of male elephant seals, revealing that vocal communication played a ...

A devastating H5N1 outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including 97% of pups, at Argentina’s Península Valdés. A study shows the virus spread among marine mammals and evolved distinct strains, ...