Wild gray seals can clap their flippers underwater as a show of strength, new research shows. This clapping serves two purposes, according to research led by scientists at Monash University: It war… ...

Elephant seals mate before the females leave the beach on their short migration. They’ll return to the beach, fatter, in May. Christine Heinrichs Valentine’s Day has passed, but mating season ...

Male elephant seals return to Central Coast beaches near San Simeon, California, from their feeding grounds to fight and mate with females in November and December. The bulls at Piedras Blancas ...