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 year from late December through March, scientists from the Beltran and Costa labs at UC Santa Cruz set out ...

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

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped ...

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

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

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

Researchers from UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz have detected the H5N1 bird flu virus in elephant seal pups at California's Año ...

California has detected its first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in marine mammals. Marine veterinarians in ...

Strong, healthy and newly weaned from her mom on February 18, the plump elephant seal pup on the beach at Año Nuevo State ...

The confirmation last week of H5N1 bird flu in northern elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Parkhas put wildlife managers and public health officials on alert.

A “small number” of elephant seal illnesses recently observed near Año Nuevo State Park on the San Mateo County coast has prompted officials to temporarily halt guided tours to the ...