October 3, 2023. In honor of the elephant seals… We are grateful to Sara Kuta and the Smithsonian Magazine for featuring the Friends of the Elephant Seal organization, our partners and the collaborative efforts of so many over the last 30 years to protect the...
Meet Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal X810, an amazing 21-year old seal who has seen the oceans change dramatically over her lifetime! Our visitors often ask our docents, “How long do elephant seals live?” The Friends of the Elephant Seal Community Science team...
Have you ever heard the sounds an elephant seal makes? If you have, you would have noticed that they are very loud. You also would have noticed a number of different sounds.NOW ON OUR YouTube Page. Take a virtual field trip with the Friends of the Elephant Seal to...
As the Winter birthing and breeding season comes to an end at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery, the beaches are crowded with weaned pups, called weanlings. These adorable boys and girls are resting, playing, and learning to swim before they head out on their...
Watch this incredible video NOW on the Friends of the Elephant Seal YouTube page. This 7-minute video captures the dramatic birth of a northern elephant seal pup at Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal rookery on December 31, 2020. A large elephant seal pup was born...
History of the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Colony Starting in the 1700s, the maritime fur trade of the Pacific Northwest depleted nearly all species of marine mammals including sea otters, whales, dolphins, seals and sea lions. Elephant seals were hunted almost to...
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