Shastri Akella’s debut novel "The Sea Elephants" is out now. (Author photo courtesy Subhadra Madhavan; book cover courtesy of the publisher) Contemporary Western society romanticizes the idea of ...

Investigators with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on Thursday seized a large amount of illegal animal ...

When a sea lion is found stranded anywhere between Long Beach and Malibu, chances are a volunteer with the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro will play an important role in its rescue. The ...

A biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography has found that elephant seals take multiple 10-minute naps during their nearly 10-month foraging trips out to sea. Like us, elephant seals need to ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea. The new findings, ...

PITTSBURGH (WPXI) – The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is addressing the recent deaths of five of its zoo animals, three of which died this month. On Monday, the zoo’s CEO Jeremy Goodman addressed the ...

Elephant seals are leaving California beaches to go to sea for food, but males and females are heading to different destinations. Photo from National Park Service Elephant seals are beginning their ...