It turns out that male southern elephant seals like to stick with their own favorite foods. Credit: Andrea Cormack/University of New South Wales As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. H5N1 bird flu is devastating marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some elephant seal colonies suffering ...

An outbreak of avian flu in 2023 hammered a colony of southern elephant seals in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region, leading to a 50% decline in its population. But over the 2024-2025 breeding season, ...

A female elephant seal rests with her pup on the California coast. Pups in this population spend more days fattening up on mother’s milk than in southern populations on the Kerguelen Islands. Jessica ...

New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favorite foods. As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair ...