Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an ...

Outbreak in Año Nuevo State Park has prompted officials to cancel the park’s popular seal-watching tours for the remainder of ...

The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant ...

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

A highly contagious strain of avian flu has been detected in northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park, the first time the disease has been detected in California’s marine mammal population.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture says Caroline County’s second case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been ...

Seven weaned northern elephant seal pups at University of California–Davis’s long-monitored Año Nuevo colony in California have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, ...

For the first time, avian flu has been found in California’s marine mammals, and wildlife officials are working to contain its spread.

Due to an outbreak of avian influenza, the elephant seal viewing area and tours at Año Nuevo State Park will be closed for ...

A $10,000 reward is offered to help figure out what is targeting the donkeys that roam the Reche Canyon hills.

A multiagency team of wildlife experts confirmed this week that several elephant seals belonging to the famed colony at Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County have tested positive for bird flu. The ...