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

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 ...

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

Bay Area authorities are searching for two people after video captured what officials described as a deliberate attack on a federally protected elephant seal at Point Reyes National Seashore, an ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, two people were seen on a livestream throwing rocks at an elephant seal resting on the beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore. Now, officials are seeking the public’s help in ...

Researchers at UC Davis say news they've dreaded since 2023 has come to pass: California's elephant seals have been infected ...