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

California health officials are warning people to avoid sick or dead marine mammals along the coast after bird flu was ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

People and their canine companions are urged to be extra careful now at the beaches because of a new warning from the ...

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 ...

Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California's Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary ...