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Watch all the action on our live streaming beach cams! The northern elephant seal is the second largest seal in the world, after the southern elephant seal. Much more agile in their ocean …
Elephant seals give birth to record number of pups in Point Reyes
Jan 20, 2025 · For more than 150 years, elephant seals were absent from Point Reyes after being hunted to near extinction for their blubber. According to the National Park Service, there were …
What’s Happening Now? | Friends of the Elephant Seal
Adult male elephant seals weighing 3500 to 5000 pounds (1600 to 2300 kg) begin arriving late in November and will continue to arrive through much of December for the birthing and breeding …
Weekly Elephant Seal Monitoring Update: March 1, 2024 - U.S.
Mar 1, 2024 · Elephant seals started arriving at Point Reyes in early December and numbers will continue to increase into late January. The seals you are seeing have spent most of the year …
Elephant seals, once nearly extinct, are finding new places to call …
Feb 28, 2024 · Once on the brink of extinction, elephant seals are expanding north into new breeding grounds along the California coast, turning long-empty beaches into a ruckus of …
Elephant seals are rebounding as they find new places to call home
Feb 28, 2024 · Once on the brink of extinction, elephant seals are expanding north into new breeding grounds along the California coast, turning long-empty beaches into a ruckus of …
Bird flu wipes out over 95% of southern elephant seal pups in ...
Jan 22, 2024 · Over 17,000 southern elephant seal pups — accounting for 95% of the pups born last year — have died from a highly virulent strain of H5N1, known as bird flu, in a mass death …
Elephant seals are returning to Año Nuevo State Park - The Mercury News
Dec 11, 2024 · Every year, up to 10,000 elephant seals — the giant, blubbery pinnipeds that can weigh 5,000 pounds, grow as long as a Toyota Corolla and hold their breath underwater for 2 …
Elephant Seal Colony Declines One Year After Avian Flu Outbreak
Nov 11, 2024 · Roughly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists …