David Farmer had been hunting vocalizations for the multitudinous “Moria orcs” in the first “Lord of The Rings” movie and “needed something new and cool.” Sightseeing with his wife, Farmer was not ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

The pups born this season have been weaned and are now making their way into the ocean. Some might not quite make it.

Mother elephant seals are believed able to identify ... the young are weaned and their mothers swim off to the open ocean. On the tour at Año Nuevo, the calls of recent “weanlings” sounded ...

Young northern elephant seals can be seen in and around the Bay Area. The animals can be easily observed in their natural environment in three areas, and also at a marine-mammal rehabilitation ...

While elephant seal pups typically practice swimming and hunting before heading out into the ocean, this seal pup was practicing in the nearby creek. “As is the pattern with elephant seal pups ...

Onlookers spotted a trio of gray whales swimming in Dana Pointe Harbor ... During the trip toward Catalina Island, an elephant seal and a group of “acrobatic” short-beaked common dolphins ...

Trump is a clear and present danger to Canada, but he is the elephant in Australian polling booths. Neither Albanese nor Dutton can be sure he will turn out friend or foe.

The penguins will learn about life in the colony, including how to dive and swim in deeper water ... announced they are expecting two baby Asian elephants in the upcoming months.

This education helps them develop self-assurance and grow stronger while they experience colony life and learn to dive and swim in deeper ... sonogram of pregnant elephant Phoebe.