Researchers closely monitor bird flu outbreak in elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park

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

Argentina’s elephant seals face 100-year recovery after avian flu devastation: Study

At the end of 2023, an outbreak of avian flu devastated a colony of southern elephant seals in Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula. It may take a century for the population to return to the 18,000 breeding ...
The New York Times

Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared. Many southern elephant seals breed on the beaches of South Georgia island ...