“The animals are amazing. I mean, everything they do is extreme,” said Daniel Costa, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz. “They’re the deepest-diving pinniped and they dive ...

Check out panoramic views of the Ventura County coastline, spot a seal rookery or explore the Santa Monica Mountains on these three summer hikes. Dave Edwards, of Oxnard, a crew leader for the Santa ...

This magical place is Avila Beach, a town along Highway 1, where you have the freedom to paddleboard and explore a world of marine life up close. Sea otters, sea lions, dolphins, whales, marine birds ...

When the carcasses of headless baby harbor seals began emerging on the Northern California coastline close to a decade ago, researchers hadn’t seen anything like it before. The thick mats of ice plant ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Two Pacific harbor seal pups were released ...

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 ...

Check out panoramic views of the Ventura County coastline, spot a seal rookery or explore the Santa Monica Mountains on these three summer hikes. Explore a stretch of the popular Backbone Trail in ...