When a sea lion is found stranded anywhere between Long Beach and Malibu, chances are a volunteer with the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro will play an important role in its rescue. The ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to ...

Wildlife is vanishing around the world, plummeting at rates unprecedented in human history. Then there are elephant seals. Once on the brink of extinction, elephant seals are expanding north into new ...

Necklace, an elephant seal with plastic wrapped around her neck, rests on the beach at high tide on May 6, 2024. A Marine Mammal Center team was able to remove the plastic after isolating and sedating ...

Three elephant seals returned to the ocean Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, marking what the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said was the final release of a busy season for the species. The release ...

The bluff at La Jolla Cove in San Diego is covered with pelicans and cormorants; below, some two dozen sea lions lounge on a rocky ledge or bark and frolic in the shallows, some leaping clear out of ...

Ferocious human-like monsters in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive in the Marin Headlands and a Novato sound designer attuned to unusual ...

Scientists have discovered sick and dead elephant seals on Heard Island and have collected samples for testing to confirm ...

VASHON ISLAND, Wash. — A rare sighting on Vashon Island has beachgoers talking after a massive elephant seal was spotted this week molting along one of the island’s popular beaches. Tramp Harbor, ...

Ferocious human-like monsters that battle hobbits and heroes in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive into the fog-swept Marin Headlands and a Bay ...