Authorities in California are searching for two people who were seen throwing rocks at an elephant seal on a National Park ...

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won't show up if they're not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa ...

Seals are semi-aquatic marine mammals. They’re also known as pinnipeds, which means ‘fin-footed’, referring to the large flippers they have for arms and legs. Combined with their streamlined, ...

Syria’s government and its allies have welcomed the lifting of sanctions imposed by the U.S. Congress in 2019 to punish ...

Gingerbread is sweet, warm, and a little bit spicy, which is why it's the perfect name for the first Northern Elephant Seal pup to be born at Piedras Blancas Rookery in Central California this winter.

White Elephant. Yankee Swap. Dirty Santa. The name differs from party to party, but the object of the game is the same: Give, swap and try to end the night with the best present. If you’re looking for ...

Gingerbread is the first of over 5,000 pups that will be born between now and February along the beaches of the Piedras Blancas rookery. The rookery includes the boardwalks of the viewpoint and ...

Elephant seals spend most of their lives at sea, returning to shore just twice every year to molt and breed. The breeding season typically includes males weighing thousands of kilograms violently ...

“The animals are amazing. I mean, everything they do is extreme,” said Daniel Costa, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz. “They’re the deepest-diving pinniped and they dive ...