The air crackled with excitement all week. Docents messaged each other, watching over a pregnant seal squirming on the beach. Soon, soon, the first pup would arrive. ‘Tis the season! After a long day ...

There's a lot of drama to see at the local elephant seal viewing point this breeding season. Here's what to know.

Gingerbread is sweet, warm, and a little bit spicy, which is why it's the perfect name for the first Northern Elephant Seal pup to be born at Piedras Blancas Rookery in Central California this winter.

These two male elephant seals took their battle into the ocean at the Piedras Blancas rookery. The one on the right began the fight with bleeding wounds on his chest shield. Christine Heinrichs ...