Minneapolis writer/illustrator Cori Doerrfeld needed to learn that “we are not just our fear, but also our courage.” So she created a book about it. “Nellie’s Big Splash,” out Tuesday, is about a sea ...

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...

Southern elephant seals are the "canary in the coal mine" for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may ...

Southern elephant seals are the 'canary in the coal mine' for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosystem may react to future climate change and human impact, new research shows.

Every winter, tens of thousands of elephant seals return to beaches along the California coast. Northern elephant seals were nearly extinct not too long ago, and ecologists have been tracking their ...

In particular, the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) serves as an excellent model organism to explore these connections, as their population growth is closely linked to variations in ...

Rocky, a juvenile elephant seal who was stranded on the shores of Rocky Bay in October, has been successfully released back into the ocean off the coast of Gqeberha after months of dedicated care ...

When the carcasses of headless baby harbor seals began emerging on the Northern California coastline close to a decade ago, researchers hadn’t seen anything like it before. The thick mats of ice ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The seal pup Nutmeggers have claimed as one of our own now has a name! The roughly 6-week-old seal was found roaming the streets of New Haven last weekend.

As do several species of albatross, elephant seals and fur seals. The ocean around the islands is also increasingly important for whales, now returning after hunting them was banned. The iceberg is ...