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Southern elephant seals are adaptable—but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes in their ocean home, the seals' population range has been shifting. Once ...
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Avian Influenza Major Setback for Patagonian Seals

Healthy elephant seals rest on a beach in Argentina. (Valeria Falabella - WCS Argentina) It may take 100 years for the southern elephant seal colony of Península Valdés in Argentine Patagonia to look ...
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Triumphant Story of Elephant Seal Who Traveled Over 1,000 Miles Has People Cheering

Triumphant Story of Elephant Seal Who Traveled Over 1,000 Miles Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In an uplifting bit of news, a southern elephant seal surprised residents in the ...
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Southern elephant seals are adaptable – but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Marsden Fund. Mark de Bruyn received funding from a Griffith University New Investigator grant. Michael Knapp does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...