Every winter, about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park, to fight, mate and give birth.

Elephant seal bulls begin arriving around Thanksgiving for the winter breeding season. They are at their largest physical bulk, after months of feeding along the North American continental shelf. They ...

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 ...

Look for massive bull elephant seals like this beachmaster on the beach in San Luis Obispo County. Credit: Christine Heinrichs photo Northern elephant seal bulls begin arriving at San Luis Obispo ...

The Denver Zoo is sending its fifteen-year-old bull elephant, Chuck, to Houston in hopes of seeing him start a family and help his endangered species of Asian elephants. Fewer than 40,000 Asian ...

Elephant seal bulls are washing up at San Simeon Cove, Washburn beach and Moonstone Beach in Cambria. Unwary visitors may find that what appears to be driftwood is actually a live seal. They are ...

The Cincinnati Zoo elephants can now trumpet with joy as fellow elephant Sabu, a beloved 10,000-pound bull elephant, returned to Cincinnati after a two-year stint at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

A documentary focuses on the remarkable reproductive lives of the rare male elephants whose tusks weigh more than 100 pounds ...

Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is temporarily closed to accommodate elephant seals that have set up camp for the breeding season. The annual ritual has brought at least 30 males to ...