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Huge mystery seal washes ashore in Departure Bay  -  Nov 23, 2008
Canada.comThe mystery of a dead northern elephant seal that washed up on the shores of Nanaimo's Departure Bay Beach will be unraveled by marine mammal scientists in ...

Vancouver Aquarium Tells the Public That This Northern Elephant Seal...  -  May 21, 2009
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News...“Cow� was rescued April 6th, after calls flooded the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre (MMR) regarding a Northern elephant seal on Rainbow Beach in Esquimalt's ...

THE SEAL THAT RESCUED A RESCUER  -  Mar 3, 2005
$3.50 - Press Telegram - NewsBankThe northern elephant seal is the second largest in the world. ... No one who saw this northern elephant seal pup on her first day at the center thought she ...

Pete Thomas / ON THE OUTDOORS; This sea world puts on a whale of a …  -  Mar 30, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverAnother northern elephant seal pokes through, as if to inspect the source of so much topside commotion. The situation is now beyond absurd. ...

Glucose metabolism during lactation in a fasting animal, the northern...  -  May 1, 2006
AJP-Regul Integr Comp Physiology...Fasting is associated with a series of physiological responses that protect body tissues from degradation by efficiently using expendable energy reserves ...

San Francisco Zoo and The Marine Mammal Center In Unique Wildlife …  -  Jun 1, 2006
prweb.comOrphaned northern elephant seal pups debut Thursday, June 1, 2006. The San Francisco Zoo will provide recuperation pool space for The Marine Mammal Center's ...

Elephant Seal  -  Feb 11, 2008
BuzzleThe Northern Elephant Seal is smaller in size than the Southern Elephant Seal. It, the Northern Elephant seal lives along the Pacific coast of the US and ...

300-pound Californian flops into Port Angeles for a visit  -  May 11, 2007
Peninsula DailyThe area is the site of the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. "So we know it was probably tagged as a pup down ...

Funding delivered for marine center.  -  Jan 28, 2005
Free with registration - San Jose Mercury News - AccessMyLibrary.comFor more information about Ano Nuevo State Reserve or the northern elephant seal, go to www.anonuevo.org or call (650) 879-2025. ...

Just call her 'GT678L' -- elephant settles in for Port Angeles respite  -  May 13, 2007
Peninsula DailyFrom 1967-2007, 16609 northern elephant seal pups were tagged at Año Nuevo, and 1559 have been resighted, according to the data abstract. ...

Article: Rogue Seal Menacing Man, Beast in Calif. - AP Online | …  -  Apr 13, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research...blue whale of the Northern California coast, Weddell seals hunting beneath the ice in the Antarctic and a northern elephant seal diving in Monterey Bay. ...

Rogue Seal Menacing Man, Beast in Calif. | Article from AP Online | …  -  Apr 12, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research...blue whale of the Northern California coast, Weddell seals hunting beneath the ice in the Antarctic and a northern elephant seal diving in Monterey Bay. ...

elephant seal (mammal) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 16, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica...[Hal Beral/Corbis] Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris).[Credits : Hal Beral/Corbis]. CONCEPTS; PEOPLE; PLACES; THINGS ...

Article: Rogue Seal Menacing Man, Beast in Calif. - AP Online | …  -  Apr 13, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam Research...blue whale of the Northern California coast, Weddell seals hunting beneath the ice in the Antarctic and a northern elephant seal diving in Monterey Bay. ...

Article: Judge Hears Case on Photos AP Published - AP Online | …  -  Jun 2, 2005
Pay-Per-View - AP Online - HighBeam Research06-2000 Seals, Dolphins ... coast, Weddell seals hunting beneath ... northern elephant seal diving in Monterey ... fur of the seals; ...

Size adaptation important in the evolution of animals  -  Feb 2, 2006
psu.eduOn the other hand, the northern elephant seal is sexually dimorphic and polygamous, with males mating with more than one female and investing no time in ...

Ocean Animal Emergency  -  Nov 25, 2008
PBS...(The animal represented in the data is the northern elephant seal.) Ask each team to present its reasoning and conclusions. ...

Elephant seals coming to the big screen: Local company's film makes …  -  Jun 28, 2007
Free with registration - Monterey County Herald - AccessMyLibrary.com..."A Seal's Life -- The Story of the Northern Elephant Seal," follows the huge marine mammals on a journey of thousands of miles along the West Coast and ...

Elephant Seal Pups Pictures from April 9, 2007 | HighBeam Research,...  -  Apr 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchIn this photo provided by the San Francisco Zoo, a northern elephant seal pup eats a fish in his new temporary home at the San Francisco Zoo, Monday, ...

Steve and Rebecca Sooy  -  Jan 3, 2005
ucsc.edu...their long commitment to the understanding and conservation of the northern elephant seal by encouraging and supporting marine mammal research. ...

Elephant seals answer call  -  Jan 3, 2006
$2.95 - Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael,... - NewsBankThe story of the northern elephant seal - so named because of its size and the male's long, pendulous nose - is that of miraculous recovery. ...

ELEPHANT SEAL DIES AFTER CAR HITS IT  -  Nov 2, 2008
$2.95 - San Jose Mercury News - NewsBankFor the second time in three days, a wayward northern elephant seal found its way onto a Newark Street near the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife ...

Elephant seals coming to the big screen: Local company's film makes …  -  Jun 28, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Monterey County Herald - HighBeam Research..."A Seal's Life -- The Story of the Northern Elephant Seal," follows the huge marine mammals on a journey of thousands of miles along the West Coast and ...

Año Nuevo State Park welcomes the elephant seals back to shore  -  Jan 1, 2010
Sacramento Bee...the wonders of wildlife, a state park where for 19 years it has hosted the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

pinniped -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 20, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaPhotograph:Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Hal Beral/Corbis ...

Southern California's Offshore Wilderness  -  Oct 14, 2005
New York TimesThe northern elephant seal was once considered all but extinct, but it now thrives on San Miguel, one of the primary rookeries for four species of seals and ...

Escaping into Elephant Seal Territory at Año Nuevo  -  Jul 14, 2009
$2.95 - Monterey County Herald - NewsBankThe reserve is home to the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. Young teenaged males arrive along the tumultuous ...

Marine Mammals Doubling Up as Scientific Data Gatherers  -  Dec 20, 2006
FOXNewsThe northern elephant seal dives and comes up for about two minutes to expel carbon dioxide before plunging back down to an average of between 980 and 1640 ...

For the black mommy: 'Mocha Manual' aims to inform with familial tone...  -  Dec 30, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Chicago Sun-Times - HighBeam Research800 northern elephant seal cows and 600 to 700 bulls ... rookery in the elephant seals' range, which extends ... day, a small elephant seal cow is seen ...

Nature puts on display in West Marin  -  Jan 7, 2007
$2.95 - Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael,... - NewsBankThe story of the northern elephant seal - so named because of its size and the male's long, pendulous nose - is that of an amazing recovery. ...

From docks to rocks, marine mammals grace the coastline  -  Nov 21, 2009
Curry Coastal PilotThe northern elephant seal is the second-largest seal in the world with males getting as big as 13 feet and 4500 pounds and females growing up to 10 feet in ...

SELF-TAUGHT SWIM CLASS FOR 3,500  -  Feb 12, 2006
$2.95 - Boston Globe - NewsBankLast year, about 3500 Northern elephant seal pups were born in the Piedras Blancas colony. More than 1200 had been born by late last month. ...

Article: The last chance.(Fictional Work) - Journal of Evolutionary …  -  Mar 1, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Journal of Evolutionary Psychology - HighBeam ResearchA newborn northern elephant seal lies next to its mother on the ... KRT Photos; February 5, 2001 ; 358 words ... ... CALSON/SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS (February ...

How Penguins & Seals Survive Deep Dives  -  Aug 6, 2009
U.S. News & World ReportEmperor penguins can dive for almost 30 minutes on a single breath, and the record dive of a northern elephant seal is almost two hours! ...

gray seal -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 5, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia BritannicaThere are two species in the family Phocidae: the northern elephant seal (scientific name Mirounga angustirostris), now found mainly on coastal islands off ...

Kenai Peninsula Online - Alaska Newspaper -  -  Sep 16, 2005
Kenai Peninsula OnlineIn a rare sight for the Kenai Peninsula, a northern elephant seal washed up on the Anchor Point beach over the Labor Day weekend. Although first reported to ...

Elephant seals: Tour winter breeding grounds  -  Dec 17, 2008
San Francisco ChronicleWith its trunklike nose and ground-shaking, throaty roar, the northern elephant seal is one of the most impressive and strangest mammals in the ocean, ...

Article: Elephant seal attacks surfers, pit bull - Oakland Tribune | ...  -  Apr 15, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. For tour reservations, call 800-444-4445. ...

Tails of Marin: Respect seals in pupping season  -  Mar 11, 2006
$2.95 - Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael,... - NewsBankThe first Northern elephant seal pup patient, Peyton, arrived at the Sausalito hospital Feb. 23 after having been rescued from Scotts Creek Beach in ...

Stelephant Colbert and Jon Sealwart: elephant seals and Facebook …  -  Jan 31, 2009
Santa Cruz SentinelStelephant Colbert, a northern elephant seal, recently hauled his blubbery mass onshore at Año Nuevo State Natural Reserve after months of foraging at sea. ...

Scientists Use Elephant Seals to Monitor Oceans : NPR  -  Jun 30, 2007
NPROne of the most promising of these living probes, and the most tireless, is the northern elephant seal. NPR's John Nielsen recently spent a day with several ...

Federal Register 2009 - 74 FR 47207 Marine Mammals; File No. 14535  -  Sep 15, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2009 - LoislawThe applicant currently holds one California sea lion, one harbor seal, and one northern elephant seal, and requests permission to obtain additional animals ...

Elephant Seal Pupping Season Arrives  -  Jan 7, 2007
KCBSSAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The south beach at Point Reyes is closed to the public and dogs for the northern elephant seal pupping season. ...

The Seals Take on the Sun at Point Reyes By MARTA YAMAMOTO  -  Mar 8, 2005
Berkeley Daily Planet...the California gray whale, northern elephant seal and California sea lion; and the jewels of the grassland, California's palette-creating wildflowers. ...

Federal Register 2006 - 71 FR 36321 Small Takes of Marine Mammals …  -  Jun 26, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2006 - LoislawVAFB are the Pacific harbor seal, California sea lion, and northern elephant seal, which haul out in the area where these activities are conducted. ...

Elephant Seal Pups Pictures from April 9, 2007 | HighBeam Research,...  -  Apr 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchIn this photo released by the San Francisco Zoo, a northern elephant seal pup, looks up, in his new temporary home at the San Francisco Zoo, Monday, ...

LETTERS  -  Dec 1, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Natural History - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe rib cage of a northern elephant seal, with the fatty layer removed, was presented to a white shark off San Francisco. The shark bumped the carcass once, ...

Cal State Long Beach Researchers Find Continuing High Levels of DDT, ...  -  Dec 15, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AScribe Science News Service - HighBeam Research..."We wanted to study the three species of pinnipeds that commonly occur in Southern California, which are the California sea lion, northern elephant seal and ...

Marine Mammal Center ready for patients, people  -  Jun 2, 2009
San Francisco ChronicleOther animals in residence, first fed with feeding tubes and then with small fish, are 55 California sea lion pups and 17 northern elephant seal pups, ...

Elephant Seal Pups Pictures from April 9, 2007 | HighBeam Research,...  -  Apr 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchIn this photo released by the San Francisco Zoo, Monterey Jack, a 70 pound, northern elephant seal pup, looks up, in his new temporary home at the San ...

Elephant Seal Pups Pictures from April 9, 2007 | HighBeam Research,...  -  Apr 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchIn this photo released by the San Francisco Zoo, Monterey Jack, a 70 pound, northern elephant seal pup, looks up, in his new temporary home at the San ...

Elephant Seal Pups Pictures from April 9, 2007 | HighBeam Research,...  -  Apr 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchIn this photo released by the San Francisco Zoo, three northern elephant seal pups interact in their new temporary home at the San Francisco Zoo, Monday, ...

Tripipedia: 'Elephant' postcards witty campaign in Minneapolis/St....  -  Sep 7, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

Editorial Notebook At Año Nuevo Point  -  Nov 24, 2009
New York TimesBoth the sea otter and the northern elephant seal came through severe bottlenecks in the past century. These are the survivors of tiny, relict populations ...

Circus coming to Tracy, but animal rights activists get here first |...  -  Sep 12, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

San Mateo Daily Journal  -  Jan 6, 2007
San Mateo Daily JournalBiologists spotted the first northern elephant seal of the season on Dec. 19 in the Point Reyes Headlands. The seals can be seen from now through the end of ...

Mysterious islands  -  Mar 1, 2009
San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneA male northern elephant seal rested on South Island. A California gray whale en route north showed its tale. A blue-footed booby was seen on the face of an ...

Federal Register 2007 - 72 FR 34443 Incidental Takes of Marine …  -  Jun 22, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2007 - LoislawVAFB are the Pacific harbor seal, California sea lion, and northern elephant seal, which haul out in the area where these activities are conducted. ...

Activists urge feds to probe Six Flags | Article from Oakland Tribune...  -  Jul 8, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

Group asks feds to look into elephant care | Article from Oakland...  -  Jul 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

Article: Group asks feds to look into elephant care at park - Oakland...  -  Jul 7, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

Group asks feds to examine elephant care at Six Flags | Article from ...  -  Jul 7, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

Success of 'Elephants' allows writer to spread her wings | Article...  -  Jul 29, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchBeginning in early December, hundreds ... largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. ...

Jim Carretta: Kids, do you want the seals?  -  May 22, 2009
SDNNIf you want to worry about a white shark attack, trade places with a northern elephant seal near the Farallon Islands for a summer. ...

California dreamin': Majestic coast highlights  -  Aug 16, 2007
msnbc.comSanta Cruz is Año Nuevo State Park, featuring peaceful coastal trails and the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Northern Elephant Seal. ...

Dance Dance Revolution!  -  Apr 18, 2007
Entertainment WeeklyMotherless northern elephant seal pups, cared for by marine mammal experts, get as close to mother's milk as possible (a milkshake of ground herring, ...

Go deep: marine mammal marker for at-sea monitoring; A tracking tag …  -  Aug 1, 2006
Free with registration - GPS World - AccessMyLibrary.comThe most extensively studied pinniped is the northern elephant seal, with much of the work performed at Ano Nuevo State Reserve's rookery in California. ...

Crew unable to save wayward seal  -  Nov 1, 2008
$2.95 - Oakland Tribune - NewsBankThe driver of the vehicle that hit the northern elephant seal did not stop, Newark police Sgt. John Kovach said. "Because of the time of day it was, ...

Court ruling in Pakistan...Forecast for the economy...Oil spill... |...  -  Nov 19, 2007
KXMC...spilled when a cargo ship hit a bridge. There's a slight chance oil could reach the world's largest mainland breeding colony for the northern elephant seal.

Hawaiian Damsels in Distress  -  Jul 11, 2009
Courthouse News ServiceNorthern fur seal 220; California sea lion 570; Northern elephant seal 70; Harbor seal (from inland Washington waters) 27340; and Harbor seal (from ...

Crew unable to save wayward seal in Newark | Article from Oakland …  -  Nov 1, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam ResearchThe driver of the vehicle that hit the northern elephant seal did not stop, Newark police Sgt. John Kovach said. "Because of the time of day it was, ...

Finding Food Everywhere: The Adaptive Foraging of Turnstones By JOE …  -  Sep 20, 2005
Berkeley Daily PlanetBurney Le Boeuf of UC Santa Cruz, who has studied the northern elephant seal colony at Año Nuevo for years, has seen the birds picking at open cuts and ...

TH - National/World Article  -  Nov 19, 2007
Dubuque Telegraph Herald...a pristine wilderness coastline more than 40 miles south that hosts the world's largest mainland breeding colony for the northern elephant seal. ...

Leslie Harlib's Social Scene: Lots to see at party for sea  -  Oct 23, 2006
Marin Independent-JournalThe 300 guests were greeted by a life-size replica of an adult male northern elephant seal positioned outside San Francisco City Hall, where the party took ...

More Sonar for Marine Mammals  -  Jul 9, 2009
Courthouse News ServiceNorthern fur seal 220; California sea lion 570; Northern elephant seal 70; Harbor seal (from inland Washington waters) 27340; and Harbor seal (from ...

Tides Could Spread Oil Spilled in SF Bay  -  Nov 18, 2007
go.com...a pristine wilderness coastline more than 40 miles south that hosts the world's largest mainland breeding colony for the northern elephant seal. ...

Clinic targets shooters to skeet option  -  Nov 11, 2009
Stockton RecordOfficials are taking reservations for the great northern elephant seal walks at Ano Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County, south of Half Moon Bay. ...

Long Beach Press-Telegram (CA)  -  Jan 16, 2008
$3.50 - Press Telegram - NewsBank..."A Seal's Life: The Story of the Northern Elephant Seal" details the extraordinary journey that the mammals have taken for hundreds of thousands of years. ...

Continued from page  -  Dec 27, 2006
Feather River Bulletin - Google News Archive...adaptations of the northern elephant seal. Other options 'include an introduction to government for eighth-graders, an intro duction to the diversity of the ...

The jagged edge: San Francisco's Farallon Islands are mysterious,...  -  Jun 1, 2005
$4.95 - Sunset - ECNextThe world's wildest places do not ordinarily sit in the backyards of its most populous cities, but the Farallon Islands, an archipelago of 10 rocky islets ...

abc7news.com: Rescued Seal Pups To Arrive at SF Zoo 4/07/07  -  Apr 7, 2007
go.comApr. 7 - BCN -- Rescued northern elephant seal pups will be arriving at the San Francisco Zoo to complete rehabilitation before they are returned to the ...

Southern Illinoisan : News<br>  -  Nov 19, 2007
$2.95 - Southern Illinoisan - NewsBank...a pristine wilderness coastline more than 40 miles south that hosts the world's largest mainland breeding colony for the northern elephant seal. ...

>Fairs, festivals and tours  -  Jan 11, 2008
$3.50 - Press Telegram - NewsBankDocumentary about the life and habitat of the northern elephant seal, including its twice-a-year migration thousands of miles across the North Pacific Ocean ...

Continued from page  -  Dec 20, 2006
Portola Reporter - Google News Archive...adaptations of. the northern elephant seal. v . ' ;Other options include an introduction to government for eighth-graders, an intro duction to the diversity ...

California Code - § 4700 Fish & Game  -  Jul 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - California Code - Loislaw...(3) Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). (4) Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi). (5) Ring-tailed cat (genus Bassariscus). ...

LONG BEACH  -  Jan 14, 2008
$3.50 - Press Telegram - NewsBankThe documentary details the life and habitat of the northern elephant seal. Twice a year, these animals set out alone on a round-trip migration of thousands ...

Park Installs Cam To Watch Seals In HD  -  Jan 29, 2009
KSBWAno Nueveo State Park is the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal, according to the park's Web site. ...

Continued from page  -  Dec 27, 2006
Indian Valley Record - Google News Archive...adaptations of the northern elephant seal. Other options include an introduction to government for. eighth-graders an duction to the diversity of the state ...

The Calendar Girls: Picks, kicks and plugs for January 12 to January...  -  Jan 10, 2008
Jewish Journal of greater L.A - The Jewish Journal of greater L.AThe festivities will include two screenings of the documentary "A Seal's Life: The Story of the Northern Elephant Seal," crafts, animal feedings, ...

United States Code of Federal Regulations - 50 CFR § 216.272 …  -  Mar 12, 2009
Pay-Per-View - United States Code of Federal Regulation... - Loislaw...porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)—3145 (an average of 629 annually) (iii) Pinnipeds: (A) Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)—4795 (an average ...

Continued from page  -  Dec 27, 2006
Chester Progressive - Google News Archive...adaptations of the northern elephant seal. Other options include an introduction to government an Intro? duction to the diversity of the" -state park system ...

Continued from page  -  Dec 20, 2006
Weekly_01052007 - Google News Archive...adaptations of the northern elephant seal. Other options include an introduction to government for eighth-graders, an intro duction to the diversity of the ...

Ingenious tracking device helps polar researchers  -  Aug 11, 2008
Tech Herald - The Tech HeraldImg: Male & female Northern Elephant Seal. Credit: NOAA. Traditional methods for monitoring sea temperatures such as buoyant floats and research vessels ...

Best in Style: Bradley Gee  -  Mar 10, 2009
Bates StudentAño Nuevo is a site of attraction for the northern elephant seal. Gee has a passion for ecology, natural history and animal life. ...

Peak tides could spread oil spilled in San Francisco Bay | Article...  -  Nov 18, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Oakland Tribune - HighBeam Research...a pristine wilderness coastline more than 40 miles farther south that hosts the world's largest mainland breeding colony for the northern elephant seal. ...

LOCAL EVENTS  -  Jun 26, 2006
Pay-Per-View - San Jose Mercury News - Factiva, from Dow JonesOne of three mainland breeding sites in the world for the northern elephant seal. Walks 8:45 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. Highway 1, 22 miles north of Santa Cruz. ...

Outdoors guide for June 21 and beyond  -  Jun 21, 2007
$2.95 - Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael,... - NewsBankBetween February and June there are orphaned or abandoned northern elephant seal and Pacific harbor seal pups. During summer and fall there are generally ...

Patt Diroll: On The Town  -  Jan 3, 2008
$3.50 - Whittier Daily News - NewsBankParty: The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association presents the Los Angeles premier showing of "A Seal's Life: The Story of the Northern Elephant Seal. ...

Federal Register 2006 - 71 FR 29096 Channel Islands National Marine …  -  May 19, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2006 - Loislaw...northern elephant seal (common), Pacific harbor seal (common), Guadalupe fur seal (extremely rare), Steller sea lion (rare), and ribbon seal (rare). ...

Local events  -  Jun 11, 2006
Pay-Per-View - San Jose Mercury News - Factiva, from Dow JonesOne of three mainland breeding sites in the world for the northern elephant seal. Walks 8:45 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. Highway 1, 22 miles north of Santa Cruz. ...

Escaping into Elephant Seal Territory at Año Nuevo  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Monterey County HeraldThe reserve is home to the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal. Young teenaged males arrive along the tumultuous

How Do Penguins And Seals Survive Deep Dives?  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
RedOrbitEmperor penguins can dive for almost 30 minutes on a single breath, and the record dive of a northern elephant seal is almost two hours!

Hawaiian Damsels in Distress  -  ‎Jul 11, 2009‎
Courthouse News Service...sea lion 570; Northern elephant seal 70; Harbor seal (from inland Washington waters) 27340; and Harbor seal (from Oregon and Washington Coast) 505.

Elephant seal makes rare weekend visit  -  ‎Mar 12, 2009‎
Kodiak Daily MirrorA Northern elephant seal was observed frequenting the beach in Gibson Cove over a five-day period. Northern elephant seals range from Baja Calif.,

DNA study: Diversity low among seals  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
Maui NewsIn the famous case of the northern elephant seal on the West Coast, hunters killed all but 10 to 20 animals around the time of World War I,

Best in Style: Bradley Gee  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
Bates StudentAño Nuevo is a site of attraction for the northern elephant seal. Gee has a passion for ecology, natural history and animal life.

Giant seal’s death a mystery  -  Feb 20, 2009
Nanaimo News Bulletin,Lisa Spaven, Fisheries and Oceans Canada marine mammal response coordinator, inspects the carcass of the northern elephant seal after it washed up on

Rare elephant seal birth near Victoria  -  Jan 31, 2009
Canada.com,By Sarah Petrescu, Canwest News ServiceJanuary 31, 2009 11:40 PM A molting Northern Elephant Seal on Kitsilano Beach on March 11, 2008.

Stelephant Colbert and Jon Sealwart: elephant seals and Facebook...  -  Jan 31, 2009
Santa Cruz Sentinel,Stelephant Colbert, a northern elephant seal, recently hauled his blubbery mass onshore at Año Nuevo State Natural Reserve after months of foraging at sea.

Park Installs Cam To Watch Seals In HD  -  Jan 29, 2009
MSNBCAno Nueveo State Park is the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal, according to the park’s Web site.

The end of nature  -  Feb 6, 2009
Scene,It’s northern elephant seal calving and mating time there, and people are carefully brought down to watch. Bull elephant seals weigh up to 5000 pounds,

Watching All the Whales Go By  -  Feb 9, 2009
The Santa Barbara Independent,They also observed 28 southbound grays, a northern elephant seal, six humpback whales, and nearly 2000 dolphins of various species.

Elephant seal on Newark street dies after being hit by car  -  Nov 1, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,By Joe Proudman, Bay Area News Group For the second time in three days, a wayward northern elephant seal found its way onto a Newark Street near the Don

Seal causes stir on Thornton Avenue in Newark  -  Oct 31, 2008
Contra Costa Times,...the Marine Mammal Center, look for a Northern Elephant Seal as he swims in the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Newark, Calif.

A & E BRIEFS  -  Nov 6, 2008
Santa Ynez Valley Journal,This month, “A Seal’s Life: the Story of the Northern Elephant Seal,� will show at 7 pm on Nov. 7, in the administrative offices, 2948 Nojoqui St.,

Año Nuevo, Pigeon Point, and Butano State Park  -  Nov 4, 2008
MotorHome MagazineState Natural Reserve to observe one of the largest mainland breeding colonies in the world for the northern elephant seal during its mating season.

At work: Vet has pretty, wild patients  -  Oct 27, 2008
Daily Breeze,There's the California sea lion and the northern elephant seal and the harbor seal. We do the occasional Guadalupe fur seal from Mexico and the northern fur

Get to know the seals and tourists, too  -  Sep 3, 2008
New Times SLO,We revel, astounded, in the majesty and mystery that is the great northern elephant seal. And we’re not the only ones. Tourists from around the globe make a

Babylon AD: Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright!  -  Sep 2, 2008
Discover Magazine,The Northern elephant seal has been entirely repopulated from the last 30 individuals remaining in 1890. And cheetahs are famous for having survived some

Ingenious tracking device helps polar researchers  -  Aug 11, 2008
The Tech Herald,Img: Male & female Northern Elephant Seal. Credit: NOAA Traditional methods for monitoring sea temperatures such as buoyant floats and research vessels have

The RIGHT Places: Where California’s Critters are Hiding  -  Aug 8, 2008
Human Events,Just north of Santa Cruz on Highway 1, visitors to Año Nuevo State Reserve can get a rare glimpse of the northern elephant seal.

Urban critters: The northern elephant seal  -  Apr 19, 2008
Vancouver Sun,In fact, at 4.5 metres long and 2500 kg in weight, a large male northern elephant seal (a bull) is as big as a seal can be, save for the slightly larger

HUMAN/NATURE: ARTISTS RESPOND TO A CHANGING PLANET  -  Apr 14, 2008
ARTXWORLD.COM (Comunicati Stampa),...and San Ignacio are important breeding and wintering sites for the gray whale, harbor seal, California sea lion, northern elephant-seal, and blue whale.

Peak tides could spread oil spilled in San Francisco Bay  -  Nov 18, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,...a pristine wilderness coastline more than 40 miles farther south that hosts the world's largest mainland breeding colony for the northern elephant seal.

Court ruling in Pakistan...Forecast for the economy...Oil spill ...  -  Nov 19, 2007
WANE,...spilled when a cargo ship hit a bridge. There's a slight chance oil could reach the world's largest mainland breeding colony for the northern elephant seal.

Conservation conversation: 'A Seal's Life' filmmaker wants to ...  -  Sep 23, 2007
Santa Cruz Sentinel,...going to benefit" The film, which Wharton wrote, directed and produced, chronicles the long and grueling migration habits of the northern elephant seal.

SFist Photo: Elephant Seal Pup from Marin County  -  Jul 25, 2007
SFist,This lonely-looking Northern Elephant Seal wasn't too far away from its colony when we saw it on Drake's Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore.

Leões e Leopardos Marinhos na Antártica  -  Jul 30, 2007
INEMA Esportes e Aventura,There are two species: the Northern Elephant Seal, M. angustirostris, and the Southern Elephant Seal, M. leonina. Both were hunted nearly to extinction by



Leslie Harlib's Social Scene: Lots to see at party for sea  Oct 23, 2006
The 300 guests were greeted by a life-size replica of an adult male northern elephant seal positioned outside San Francisco City Hall, where the party took ... - Marin Independent-Journal,
Tails of Marin: Respect seals in pupping season Mar 12, 2006
...from maternal separation. The first Northern elephant seal pup patient, Peyton, arrived at the Sausalito hospital Feb. 23 after ...
Marin Independent-Journal,
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