A bull elephant seal saved a pup being swept out to sea at Point Reyes National Seashore in 2022, puzzling researchers. Photo by Lisha Riabinina via Unsplash A bull elephant seal on a California beach ...

It’s bull elephant seals’ turn to take over the beach at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon. The big male elephant seals are here to rest and shed their skin in July and August, the ...

An otherworldly moan rose from the beach, warbling in the crisp wind. It was the sound of a female elephant seal at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon. If it weren’t such a bright sunny ...