The sound of mighty elephant seals re-staking their claim to Drake's Beach echoing in Point Reyes for winter breeding season, and you really have to see these creatures to believe them. Critically ...

Elephant seal pupping season at Point Reyes National Seashore has begun ... a single pup weighing about 70 pounds at birth. At Drakes Beach, the colony can surpass 600 by early February.

The Point Reyes area is stunningly beautiful ... Elephant Seal Overlook does just as the name suggests; perched high over Drake’s Bay, you will have a fantastic view of the blubbery residents ...

as does shellfish harvesting in Drakes Estero. The study identified discharge of cattle manure as the cause of the pollution. “This water quality data should concern everyone who knows and loves Point ...

Located on the Point Reyes Peninsula, 40 miles northwest of San Francisco ... and the only marine wilderness (Drakes Estero) on the West Coast south of Alaska. The park harbors an astonishingly rich ...