Experts are closely monitoring the marine animals, flagging mortalities and advising beach visitors to take extra precautions ...

On a beach in San Francisco, a crowd gathers to watch an elephant seal as it writhes in the sand. Concern increases as ...

Avian influenza has reached the U.S. west coast’s marine mammal population. Young northern elephant seals located at Año Nuevo State Park have tested positive for H5N1, a deadly virus also known as ...

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

A charming image of two southern elephant seal pups in a Falklands rock pool has earned Australian photographer Matty Smith ...

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

An avian flu outbreak at California's Año Nuevo State Park is spreading across the Central Coast, infecting elephant seals, a ...

An avian flu outbreak, which killed several elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Park last month, has spread to two ...

Once spread across the Southern Hemisphere, southern elephant seals are now facing steep declines. A new study reveals that these marine giants, long considered adaptable survivors, are struggling to ...

Triumphant Story of Elephant Seal Who Traveled Over 1,000 Miles Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In an uplifting bit of news, a southern elephant seal surprised residents in the ...

H5N1 avian flu outbreak marks the first cases in marine mammals in California and first detection in northern elephant seals ...

The southern elephant seal’s conservation status in South Africa has improved from near threatened to least concern, with experts citing four decades without major threats to its breeding colonies on ...