The footage shows two male southern elephant seals fighting to claim territory. Richard, a filmmaker, said: "One of the seals arrived at the beach, hoping to become the beach-master and gain ...

Camps Bay beach has a rare guest – a female southern elephant seal who has hauled out onto the sand to moult. In this process, which takes about a month, the seal sheds and replaces its outer ...

This isn’t the first time an elephant seal has been endangered by human-made materials at the local beach. In April, a female elephant seal lovingly nicknamed “Necklace” was freed from a ...

Camps Bay beach has an unexpected visitor – a female southern elephant seal who has hauled out onto the sand to moult. In this process, which takes about a month, the seal sheds and replaces ...

Avian flu, also known as H5N1, spread through marine mammal colonies in Argentinian Patagonia in August 2023, nearly doubling the death rate among southern elephant seals in some areas.

A devastating H5N1 outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including 97% of pups, at Argentina’s Península Valdés. A study shows the virus spread among marine mammals and evolved distinct strains, ...

The remote beaches and dunes within the State Park allow the seals to molt, mate and have pups away from human activity ... impact of H5N1 on the southern elephant seal pup population.