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 ...

Gingerbread is sweet, warm, and a little bit spicy, which is why it's the perfect name for the first Northern Elephant Seal ...

POINT REYES, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, a major migration is happening in Marin County. Elephant seals are returning to Drake's Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore for 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 ...

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 ...

Elephant seals are huge, gray and blubbery. They have a big snout and a very distinctive voice. (SOUNDBITE OF ELEPHANT SEAL GRUNTING) SUMMERS: But despite the obvious differences, elephant seals ...

Wildlife is vanishing around the world, plummeting at rates unprecedented in human history. Then there are elephant seals. Once on the brink of extinction, elephant seals are expanding north into new ...

New research shows male elephant seals can remember the voices of past rivals, using vocal cues to decide whether to fight or ...

Authorities are searching for two people after they were caught on video throwing rocks at a federally protected elephant ...

New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favorite foods. As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair ...

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 ...