Many northern elephant seals haul out on beaches in the area from December to March for birthing and mating season, with most pups born in January. Most pregnant elephant seals deliver a single ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal holds a contest every year to guess when the first bull will arrive for the breeding season. The prize is the satisfaction of guessing right and being praised by FES ...

The first elephant seal pup of the breeding season appeared on the south beach of the Piedras Blancas viewpoint on Dec. 8. Sharp-eyed Kris Clifford noticed the pup on the Friends of the Elephant ...

Spending most of their lives at sea in the frigid waters of the southern seas, southern elephant seals are cold weather ... up to 80 days during the breeding season. In this time they will not ...

Baikal seal to the 5 m (16 ft) and 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) southern elephant seal, which is also the largest carnivoran.[b] Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism. They have streamlined bodies and ...

By pinpointing the peak of the breeding season and conducting our counts at that time, we can get an accurate picture of what’s happening. Southern elephant seals play a crucial role in the ...

Mass elephant seal deaths have been reported in the Antarctic ... since they cluster together during the onset of the breeding season. In addition, previous reported outbreaks in Chile, Argentina ...