Every winter, tens of thousands of elephant seals return to beaches along the California coast. Northern elephant seals were ...

Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant ... offspring survival decline for female elephant seals past prime age, Journal of ...

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart sensors that can measure anything from physical environmental ...

Elephant seals are the largest members of the pinniped family, which also includes seals, sea lions, and walruses. There are two species: the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal.

In particular, the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) serves as an excellent model organism to explore these connections, as their population growth is closely linked to variations in ...

For six decades, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have closely monitored northern elephant seals that make their way to Año Nuevo Natural Reserve. With thousands of seals gathering on the beach for ...

Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart sensors that can measure anything from physical environmental characteristics - ...

These seals are acting as “smart sensors,” revealing critical data about an underexplored ocean layer that could soon become the next big fishing frontier. For the past 60 years, marine biologists at ...

But it works for them. Northern elephant seal numbers are slowly yet steadily improving, both at Point Reyes and throughout their range, which spans from southern Alaska to Baja California.

Northern elephant seal at Año Nuevo Natural Reserve near Pescadero, Calif. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have discovered that northern elephant seals can serve as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in the ocean’s twilight zone. Seals' foraging ...