Safety fears spark calls for better protections for Neil the seal

The elephant seal has been attracting onlookers in southern Tasmania, as well as a growing social media audience, but fears ...
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Meet Neil, the social media-famous elephant seal causing chaos everywhere he goes

Neil the seal is making a splash on land! Watch this massive elephant seal as he cruises the neighborhoods of Tasmania, ...
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Elephant seals can recognize the voices of their rivals

Elephant seals spend most of their lives at sea, returning to shore just twice every year to molt and breed. The breeding season typically includes males weighing thousands of kilograms violently ...
Los Angeles Times

Bird flu slams seals and sea lions at the bottom of the world but spares Pacific Coast so far

H5N1 bird flu is devastating marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some elephant seal colonies suffering up to 97% pup mortality since 2022. Breeding elephant seals on South Georgia Island ...