Ferocious human-like monsters that battle hobbits and heroes in the blockbuster film “The Fellowship of the Ring” owe their voices to a serendipitous drive into the fog-swept Marin Headlands and a Bay ...

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 ...

Deep, guttural calls echoes through the air, greeting visitors as they get out of their cars in the Piedras Blancas elephant seal viewpoint parking lot off Highway 1. The bulls are back on the beach ...

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Elephant seals are huge, gray and blubbery. They have a big snout and a very distinctive voice. (SOUNDBITE OF ELEPHANT SEAL GRUNTING) SUMMERS: But despite the obvious differences, elephant seals ...

Northern elephant seals were repeatedly captured on camera in the deep Pacific Ocean using sonar from an Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) observatory as a dinner bell to forage for their next fish feast, ...

POINT REYES, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, a major migration is happening in Marin County. Elephant seals are returning to Drake's Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore for breeding season ...