Federal wildlife authorities are searching for a person of interest in the stabbing of a baby elephant seal on an Oregon beach, leaving it injured with multiple wounds. The 225-pound pup was stabbed ...

Investigators are searching for a person of interest in the stabbing of an elephant seal pup earlier this year along the Oregon Coast. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ...

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 ...

Biologist Valeria Falabella’s voice breaks as she describes the devastating scene. It was October 2023 when she and her team climbed down onto Punta Delgada Beach, in the Valdés Peninsula, a remote ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared. Many southern elephant seals breed on the beaches of South Georgia island ...

After nearly going extinct, elephant seals are a conservation success story. Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. H5N1 bird flu is devastating marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some elephant seal colonies suffering ...

The Marine Mammal Center is testing a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza vaccine on elephant seals at its Sausalito hospital. If it is effective in producing antibodies, the center plans to vaccinate ...

An outbreak of avian flu in 2023 hammered a colony of southern elephant seals in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region, leading to a 50% decline in its population. But over the 2024-2025 breeding season, ...

At the end of 2023, an outbreak of avian flu devastated a colony of southern elephant seals in Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula. It may take a century for the population to return to the 18,000 breeding ...