A bright purple elephant seal showed up on a California beach, baffling onlookers who feared the worst. The actual ...

Experts at a California state park said a seal spotted with a mysterious purple hue got its unusual coloration from algae.

North America's elephant seals were in imminent danger of extinction due to hunting in the 18th and 19th centuries, but populations have since recovered due to introduced federal protections.

Locals at a California beach have been baffled after spotting a large elephant seal with a very unusual colouration.

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

Finding dead seals along California's coast is not novel in and of itself. The marine mammals get sick, are stillborn or even wash ashore after being fatally struck by a boat. But decapitated seals?