Experts stunned after spotting Pixar-like creature off US coast: 'Look[s] like he's up to something'

Experts stunned after spotting Pixar-like creature off US coast: 'Look[s] like he's up to something'

Observers haven't spotted the crested auklet in California since 1995, but in 2025, researchers discovered a lone male swimming by the Farallon Islands.  According to the San Francisco Chronicle, researchers from the non-profit Point Blue Conservation Science, which conducts wildlife research and monitoring on the Farallon Islands, reported seeing the crested auklet in July. The crested auklet is native to eastern Siberia and the Alaskan Islands…