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.

Elephant seal bulls are washing up at San Simeon Cove ... Not all pups survive, and mothers sometimes fight over a pup. O’Bannon witnessed two mothers fighting over a pup.

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 ...

An elephant seal pup marks the first of the season born at Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California, rangers reported. “Welcome to the world little one!” rangers said in a Dec. 22 ...

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 ...

It's birthing and mating season for elephant seals at Point Reyes. Beach closures are in effect to help protect nursing pups. Point Reyes officials recently celebrated the area's first pup birth ...