This season’s Piedras Blancas elephant seal pups are now independent seals. Their mothers weaned them, abruptly, and left on their short spring migration. It’s on the pups now to develop the swimming ...

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 ...

Hundreds of elephant seals lounged in the sunshine on a San Simeon beach on Thursday, occasionally rousing from their naps to toss sand on themselves or bark at passing tourists. Those who looked ...

The spring months bring more seals to Piedras Blancas than even the winter breeding season. All 5,000 or so adult females return, along with the same number or so non-breeding juveniles. It’s the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This season's Piedras Blancas elephant seal pups are now independent seals. Their mothers weaned them, abruptly, and left on their ...