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

Multiple elephant seal pups along the Northern California coast have tested positive for the deadly avian influenza, or bird ...

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.

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

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

Deadly bird flu found in California elephant seals for the first time: H5N1 bird flu confirmed in California elephant seals for the first time, bringing the same virus that killed more than 17,000 in ...

Parks officials in California have canceled popular guided elephant seal tours for the remainder of the season and ...

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 ...

The outbreak marks the first H5N1 detection in marine mammals in California, and the first detection of the virus in northern ...