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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) fights with a rival for control of a large harem of females during the breeding season ...

Three elephant seals returned to the ocean Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, marking what the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said was the final release of a busy season for the species. The release ...

The Northern Elephant Seal breeding season is underway. One of the largest mainland-breeding colonies is here in the Bay Area. State park officials say so far, more than 1,000 elephant seals have ...

• During courtship, a male and a female elephant will rub their bodies on each other and even wrap trunks. The females tend to run away from the males and he will have to pursue her. This game of cat ...