Researchers examined ancient DNA and archaeological evidence. Researchers raise red flags after studying marine creature once ...

MORE: Sea otters, once hunted to near extinction, are preventing coastal erosion as their populations grow, study finds During the migratory route, the elephant seals enter the "twilight zone ...

This schematic shows living (solid circles) and extinct (opaque circles) southern elephant seal populations and the extent of sea ice around Antarctica (opaque blue-grey) at the height of the last Ice ...

It may take 100 years for the southern elephant seal colony of Península Valdés in Argentine Patagonia to look like it did in ...

Northern elephant seals are also a conservation success story. Once thought to be extinct because of commercial sealing in the 1800s, a small population survived in Mexico and began to increase in ...

Large colonies of sea lions and elephant seals line miles of coastal beaches, while southern right whales harbor in the gulfs. Conservation efforts to protect the rare and endangered species that ...

San Quentin inmates reunite with the service dogs they raised The northern elephant seal, the largest of the "true" seals in the Northern Hemisphere, has a remarkable history. Once nearly extinct ...

Sound designer David Farmer of Novato, who recorded elephant seal vocalizations at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif. that were used in the Lord of the Rings movies. (courtesy of David ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine Mammal Program captured and relocated an elephant seal pup that was resting at Neskowin’s South Beach on March 19.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A young elephant seal was found resting in the sun on Seaside Beach along the Oregon Coast. Seaside Aquarium said the seal is going through its annual molt, which is a normal ...