Animals 1995. (migration of northern elephant seals and other news and discoveries of animals)(1995: The Year in Science)

From: Discover | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Oliwenstein, Lori; Saunders, Fenella; Preiser, Rachel | Copyright information

Animal news of 1995: included elephant seal migration, a wandering manatee, introduction of female cougars into Florida panther habitat, return of gray wolves to Yellowstone, crickets and falcons saved from extinction, a huge kill of pilchard fish in Australia, a tree frog that taps to find mates.

You might think an animal that tips the scales at two tons or so would be easy to track. But northern elephant seals, when they're not lying around on a California beach making babies or s...

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