Researchers at UC Davis say news they've dreaded since 2023 has come to pass: California's elephant seals have been infected with H5N1 bird flu.
Multiple elephant seal pups along the Northern California coast have tested positive for the deadly avian influenza, or bird ...
"This is exceptionally rapid detection of an outbreak." ...
Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped ...
Seven baby elephant seals have tested positive for H5N1, the first case of bird flu in California marine mammals. On Tuesday ...
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 ...
Scientists have confirmed seven elephant seal pups have tested positive for avian flu at California’s Año Nuevo State Park.
Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California's Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza ...
Año Nuevo State Park has closed tours and visits to the beach after illnesses among elephant seals.