Summer is molting season for northern elephant seal bulls at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon. The massive marine mammals are at rest, so it’s an excellent time to view their big noses ...
An otherworldly moan rose from the beach, warbling in the crisp wind. It was the sound of a female elephant seal at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon. If it weren’t such a bright sunny ...
Some call them losers — but any seal that lives long enough to be a contender is a success, one columnist writes.