The sightings were the first reports of the animals in Santa Cruz since an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

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

WILDLIFE AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED Thursday that nine more elephant seals, a sea lion and an otter have died from bird flu at Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County. That brings the total number of ...

For the first time, confirmation of the deadly H5N1 virus has been detected in California's elephant seal population.

Scientists track elephant seals to gather ocean data and learn how these deep diving animals help reveal the secrets of the ...

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, a virus that spilled over from birds into marine mammals along the coast of South ...

Three elephant seals returned to the ocean Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, marking what the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said was the final release of a busy season for the species. The release ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine Mammal Program captured and relocated an elephant seal pup that was resting at Neskowin’s South Beach on March 19. Experts ...