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

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

Patrick Robinson, a biologist and director of the UC Santa Cruz Año Nuevo Natural Reserve, said that about 47 elephant seals ...

Experts are closely monitoring the marine animals, flagging mortalities and advising beach visitors to take extra precautions. Meanwhile, a Sonoma County poultry facility was struck by bird flu in ...

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

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

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

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

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.

The air crackled with excitement all week. Docents messaged each other, watching over a pregnant seal squirming on the beach. Soon, soon, the first pup would arrive. ‘Tis the season! After a long day ...

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