UC Santa Cruz A northern elephant seal mother moves towards a speaker playing the sound of her pup's call "It was dramatic - we see the recognition after just a day or two," said Dr Casey.

The first elephant seal pup of the breeding season appeared on the south beach of the Piedras Blancas viewpoint on Dec. 8. Sharp-eyed Kris Clifford noticed the pup on the Friends of the Elephant ...

Winter, the first pup of the season, was born on Dec. 8, Heinrichs said in her most recent column. At birth, elephant seal pups weigh about 70 pounds and are about 3 feet long. At Piedras Blancas ...

The first elephant seal pup of the breeding season appeared on the south beach of the Piedras Blancas viewpoint on Dec. 8. Sharp-eyed Kris Clifford noticed the pup on the Friends of the Elephant Seal ...

Winter, the first pup of the season, was born on Dec. 8, Heinrichs said in her most recent column. At birth, elephant seal pups weigh about 70 pounds and are about 3 feet long. At Piedras Blancas ...

Every year, more than 5,000 pups are born at the Piedras Blancas rookery from mid-December to early February, according to Christine Heinrichs, who is a docent for the nonprofit Friends of the ...