Entangled seal is rescued!

A group of researchers from The Marine Mammal Center
and UC Santa Cruz removed a plastic packing strap that
was wrapped around the neck of an elephant seal.  The
strap had sliced deep into the blubber layer and would
have been fatal.

New study shows human impacts on marine predators

Researchers just published a study looking into the level
of human threats to marine predator populations along the
California coast.  Data collected at Año Nuevo was a key
part of this analysis.

Read the Santa Cruz Sentinel article