#MarineMammal
Lots of newborn elephant seal pups on the beach! They struggle to nurse, but succeed well enough. Another pregnant female comes ashore in the background. Beautiful day after the storm, extremely low tide. Tomorrow at 8 am the tide will be one of the higher of the year, a King Tide.
🦭🦊 #MarineMammal
January 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Big impact, small moments, and everything in between.

Every year, our Annual Report features MERS by the Numbers - a mix of meaningful milestones and a little fun. Here’s what 2025 looked like for us.

See the full 2025 Annual Report at mersociety.org/news-media/a...

#Whale #marinemammal
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A group of visitors and I watched this elephant seal mother give birth this morning. That darn gull irritated her, pecking at the birth products as the pup was born. We watched for about an hour and a half.
🦊🦭 #MarineMammal
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We also like to highlight some other causes and organizations our team is passionate about. This year’s list includes:

@insighthousing.bsky.social (CA)
Second Shift (Birmingham, AL)
@cidrap.bsky.social (MN)
The #MarineMammal Center (CA)
@unidosmn.bsky.social (MN)
Fresh Air Family (AL)
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Honored to keynote at IEEE Ocean Engineering Technology & Innovation Conference (Indonesia). Here's a personalized caricature they presented me after the talk. I spoke on how passive acoustics enables environmental sensing: #marinemammal detection, #reef & #seagrass health monitoring, ...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
First elephant seal pup of the 2025-2026 breeding season born last night. Named Gingerbread. Settled next to mother. Sex undetermined.
🦊🦭#MarineMammal
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
First elephant seal pup of the season born last night. More than 5,000 will join him or her during the breeding season. The pup hadn’t nursed yet when these pictures were taken, but was flipping sand.
🦊🦭#MarineMammal
December 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A senior bull announces his arrival — and a younger, smaller bull reacts. Bulls have unique signature calls, and can recognize each other.

🦊🦭#MarineMammal
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
#SouthCarolina Territory Migratory #MarineMammal The #Whale by #taiche #redbubble an educational vector illustration. The North Atlantic #rightwhale is the colony's migratory marine mammal and can be found during breeding and calving seasons. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1735...
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I can’t be with the seals on this Thanksgiving, but will post photos of the first bulls on the beach next week. In the meantime, here’s an article about how magic seal milk is.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/s...
🦊 🦭 #MarineMammal
Seal Milk Is the Cream of the Molecular Crop
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In the middle of November, a young humpback whale stranded near Yachats, and unfortunately was humanely euthanized despite rescue efforts. Tribal members, scientists, and community volunteers came together to mourn, learn, and honor its life through ceremony and necropsy work.
#marinemammal #whale
‘An honor and such a blessing’: People come together to mourn and learn from beached whale in Oregon
The death of a humpback whale on the Oregon Coast earlier this month brought together local residents, scientists and tribal members who say they’re drawing lessons – and hope – from the loss.
www.opb.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
More on the elephant seal bulls, on their way to Piedras Blancas from their foraging grounds along the continental shelf for the winter breeding season. A big bull arrived today, he may be the first!

www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/e...
🦊🦭#MarineMammal
Elephant seal bulls could arrive on SLO County shores any day now. What to know
Friends of the Elephant Seal is even holding a contest to guess when the first bull will arrive for the breeding season.
www.sanluisobispo.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Discover the weird way dolphins sleep in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/dolphin-sleep ( #dolphin, #porpoise, #marineMammal, #mammal, #oceanography, #zoology, #sleep, #brain, #sleeping, #dolphinBrain)
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Stream end! Slowly but surely I'll get through the rest of Act 3 in Clair Obscur Expedition 33. I'm a rather determined Vampire #Vtuber after all.

More music box building tonight yes yes

Today I raided the www.twitch.tv/marinemammal...! Go check out the cuties, okies?
MarineMammalRescue - Twitch
🌊 🌈 Otter Highlights-athon ─ Otters. All of them. Everywhere. And an ocean ASMR soundtrack to relax with. 🌊 🏳️‍🌈🍁 #TogetherForGood
www.twitch.tv
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
しばらく前にラッコのチャンネルを見つけたのでたまに覗いてる。癒し。

www.twitch.tv/marinemammal...
MarineMammalRescue - Twitch
🌊 🌈 Otter Highlights-athon ─ Otters. All of them. Everywhere. And an ocean ASMR soundtrack to relax with. 🌊 🏳️‍🌈🍁
www.twitch.tv
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A happy reunion for this otter mother and pup. I could watch this video all day.
drive.google.com/file/d/1ocAq...
www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/e...
🦊🦭 #MarineMammal
Marine Mammal Center Baby Otter and Mom.mp4
drive.google.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The #MarineMammal Protection Act has historically worked harmoniously with the #EndangeredSpeciesAct. Now, proposed changes to the #ESA and the MMPA threaten whales, dolphins, sea lions, polar bears, and numerous other #wildlife species. Learn more & take action! www.bornfreeusa.org/2025/11/05/b...
Beneath the Surface: How the Marine Mammal Protection Act Protects Underwater Ecosystems | Born Free USA
We recently shared blogs describing the potentially devastating changes proposed to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which would severely hinder its ability to protect many fragile species from extin...
www.bornfreeusa.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#Alaska Territory #MarineMammal The #BowheadWhale by #taiche #redbubble an educational illustration. Dive into the Arctic depths as we celebrate Alaska's marine mammal! These gentle giants are true survivorsin Arctic icy waters. #whalelovergifts www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1711...
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How‘s about an otter livestream?

www.twitch.tv/marinemammal...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Here’s this morning’s King Tide at Piedras Blancas. Sunny. The juvenile seals are okay with being tossed around in the surf. They have migrated at least once and are comfortable under water. Seal pups who will be born in December and January can’t swim, and may drown.
🦊 🦭#MarineMammal
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Beach panorama of extreme low tide at the Piedras Blancas elephant seal viewpoint, north beach.
🦭🦊 #MarineMammal
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
King Tide Thursday and Friday mornings, the highest tides of the year, full moon tonight. The afternoon brings the lowest tides. The north beach at the Piedras Blancas elephant seal viewpoint expands to its widest. The seals are clumped together after the morning’s high water mark.
🦊🦭#MarineMammal
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Harbor seal
sleeping on an offshore #rock

#marinemammal #pinniped
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM