Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Jaw-dropping waterfalls, dazzling canyonside vistas, trippy desert mirages—state parks have something for everyone to appreciate. Get out ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's quieter. Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 ...

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.

Several young male northern elephant seals were caught on camera and detected by hydrophones. They appeared to be using the underwater observatory as a place to forage ...

The George Municipality, together with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) and the Stranding Marine Animal Rescue Team (SMART), has issued a public safety notice for ...

The world’s attention may be turning its focus to human athletes at the Olympics in Paris, but elephant seal observers are celebrating our own local seal athletes. A new exhibit at the Friends ...

This week's Short Wave news roundup covers harvesting drinking water from fog, what elephant seals reveal about fish populations in the deep ocean, and why there's always room for dessert.

BARBER: How elephant seals are helping scientists monitor ocean health. KWONG: And lastly, finding water in the desert fog. DETROW: All interesting. Obviously we need to start with dessert.

BARBER: How elephant seals are helping scientists monitor ocean health. KWONG: And lastly, finding water in the desert fog. DETROW: All interesting. Obviously we need to start with dessert.