Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the California coast, the disease has spread to other marine mammals, researchers ...

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

The first seven cases of avian influenza were confirmed by preliminary testing at UC Davis and confirmatory testing by the ...

Seals have a reputation for being the laid-back loungers of the animal kingdom, but there’s a lot more going on beneath that sleek surface. Seals, with dive times that rival submarines and milk fat ...

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.

Researchers are on high alert monitoring the local Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery - though there is good news.

An outbreak of avian flu in 2023 hammered a colony of southern elephant seals in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region, leading to a 50% decline in its population. But over the 2024-2025 breeding season, ...

At the end of 2023, an outbreak of avian flu devastated a colony of southern elephant seals in Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula. It may take a century for the population to return to the 18,000 breeding ...