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

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

Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park ...

About 30 seals had died as of Thursday, nearly all of them weaned pups, amid the rise of avian influenza ...

Elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park have tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, researchers from UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz announced Wednesday. The outbreak marks the ...

Seven elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for bird flu. About 30 seals have died in what officials call a small, early-stage outbreak. Public tours are canceled.

California’s Año Nuevo State Park has closed its popular elephant seal viewing area after seven pups tested positive for avian flu.

The California Department of Public Health is advising the public to avoid contact with sick or dead wildlife along the ...

The confirmation last week of H5N1 bird flu in northern elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Parkhas put wildlife managers and public health officials on alert.

A lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California, scientists announced ...