Elephant seal bulls are washing up at San Simeon Cove, Washburn beach and Moonstone Beach in Cambria. Unwary visitors may find that what appears to be driftwood is actually a live seal.

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

Real Science The Insane Biology of; The Elephant Seal Posted: January 21, 2025 | Last updated: January 21, 2025 Elephant seals are extraordinary creatures with unique adaptations for life on land ...

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Fossil hunter Eddie Templeton was out exploring in Mississippi when he came across a remarkable find in a steep embankment. It appeared to be part of an ice-age elephant tusk. The ...

Image of walruses laying in sand, mother walruses are very protective of their young. Image via Jay Ruzesky, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons They are the largest of male elephant seals (genus Mirounga ...

Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their ...

The tip of a right flipper of the new plesiosaur fossil, with two scales along the trailing edge. A new study suggests that some plesiosaurs, in addition to fishy scales on their flippers ...

As winter sets in, new life is emerging at the elephant seal rookery in San Simeon. The annual event is drawing visitors eager to get a glimpse of one of California’s most iconic creatures. The birth ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry ...

The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to our newly published work in Palaeogeography ...