Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes in their ocean home, the seals' population range has been shifting. Once ...

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. Joint ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Residents of a suburban area were taken by surprise when a massive southern elephant seal was discovered along the side of a road, about half a mile ...

Triumphant Story of Elephant Seal Who Traveled Over 1,000 Miles Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In an uplifting bit of news, a southern elephant seal surprised residents in the ...

Healthy elephant seals rest on a beach in Argentina. (Valeria Falabella - WCS Argentina) It may take 100 years for the southern elephant seal colony of Península Valdés in Argentine Patagonia to look ...

New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favorite foods. As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair ...

Over 17,000 southern elephant seal pups were found dead on Argentina's Valdés Peninsula in a horrific mass die off attributed to the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus. When you purchase through links ...

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Marsden Fund. Mark de Bruyn received funding from a Griffith University New Investigator grant. Michael Knapp does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...