The air crackled with excitement all week. Docents messaged each other, watching over a pregnant seal squirming on the beach. Soon, soon, the first pup would arrive. ‘Tis the season! After a long day ...

The Bay Area is home to one of the world’s largest mainland-breeding colonies for the Northern Elephant Seal, and breeding season for the massive pinnipeds is now underway.

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

Avian flu, long associated with birds, continues to surprise scientists as it spreads across species and oceans. After first jumping to dairy cows two years ago, the virus has now infected elephant ...