The elephant seal that made Kwaaihoek Beach near Bushman’s River Mouth its home for a few weeks was moulting. That’s according to marine mammals scientist Greg Hofmeyr, whose research on elephant seals stretches over years. Hofmeyr is curator of the marine mamma collection at the Bayworld Museum in Gqeberha.
Bayworld marine biologist Dr Greg Hofmeyr has called for boat crews to keep a lookout for marine mammals after a dolphin, apparently killed by a speeding vessel, washed up at Bluewater Bay at the weekend.
The African penguin population on Algoa Bay’s St Croix Island is decreasing at an alarming rate due to human activity and climate change. Urgent action is needed