Scientists collaborate with elephant seals to study their life cycles and ocean health. Along the rugged Northern California coast, Año Nuevo State Park harbors a thriving colony of elephant ...

See elephant seals in San Luis Obispo County, California this summer. Learn about their molting process, diets, and life stages along the picturesque Highway 1 coast.

Año Nuevo is a protected sanctuary for over 10,000 northern elephant seals—one of the largest mainland breeding colonies in the world. A specially-designated 25-acre preserve within the park ...

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 ...