Scientists continue to closely monitor a concentrated outbreak of avian influenza that is killing dozens of elephant seals on the San Francisco Bay Area coast. As of ...

Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

PESCADERO, Calif. (KRON) — More than two dozen elephant seals have tested positive for avian influenza since the outbreak at ...

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

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

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

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

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

Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park ...

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

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

PESCADERO — Every winter about 10,000 elephant seals make their way to California’s Año Nuevo State Park to fight, mate and give birth. The spectacle runs from mid-December through March, drawing ...