Tests for bird flu — which has obliterated populations of sea lions and elephant seals in South America — are being processed. So, too, are tests for domoic acid, which has poisoned large ...

Pay attention to those ears. / David Martin, Moment Collection, Getty Images (seal, left); Westend61, Westend61 Collection, Getty Images (sea lion, right); Justin Dodd, Mental Floss (frame ...

On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions. Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in October 2024. Dynamics of ...

They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...

A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here ...

Unlike harbor seals, which have occupied La Jolla’s ... This summer was a particularly deadly one for the baby sea lions in the cove. Pups are born from late May to early July, and most mothers ...

WDFW plans to count the seals and sea lions along the coastal regions and inland water to estimate fish consumption.

Starting in fall 2024, Washington will use drones to monitor the local seal and sea lion populations, the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in late September. The department will ...

Unlike harbor seals, which have occupied La Jolla's ... This summer was a particularly deadly one for the baby sea lions in the cove. Pups are born from late May to early July, and most mothers ...