Like a dark cloud of pestilence spreading across the globe in a science fiction movie, a highly contagious, fatal strain of avian influenza is continuing its death march across the globe, infecting wi...

New analysis says thousands of stranded vessels may unintentionally spread invasive marine life worldwide

“They are Silent Teachers,” one researcher said.

This one-ton elephant seal has gone viral for smashing into cars and infrastructure, but biologists have a more poignant explanation for his behavior

Here’s what to look for if you are visiting a local elephant seal beach.

Did you know that one of the world’s largest mainland northern elephant seal colonies is just 1 hour from San Francisco?

Marie Tharp was an American geologist and marine cartographer whose groundbreaking studies into ocean floors and discovery of the mid-Atlantic rift valley challenged the widely accepted geological vie...

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Researchers are on high alert monitoring the local Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery — though there is good news.

Situation Update03/10/2026: Scientists have confirmed a case of HPAI H5N1 in a California sea lion in San Mateo County, California.

YouTube video by Seymour Marine Discovery Center

YouTube video by Seymour Marine Discovery Center

Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an extra-c...

The sea otter pup was tiny, probably less than 2 weeks old, alone in Morro Bay on an October morning earlier this year. A kayaker scooped it out of the water after listening to it endlessly crying for...

Docents report mother and pup are both resting well at the San Simeon viewpoint.