An otherworldly moan rose from the beach, warbling in the crisp wind. It was the sound of a female elephant seal at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon. If it weren’t such a bright sunny ...
More northern elephant seals are on the beach in May at the Piedras Blancas rookery north of San Simeon than any other time of the year. Adult females, returned from their short migration, sleep on ...
The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, drawing wildlife watchers eager for a glimpse of the largest seals on the ...
Ferocious human-like monsters in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive in the Marin Headlands and a Novato sound designer attuned to unusual ...