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

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

The confirmation last week of H5N1 bird flu in northern elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Parkhas put wildlife ...

California officials have closed public beaches following an avian flu outbreak in elephant seals. Discover the risks and how to stay safe on the coast.

A highly contagious strain of avian flu has been detected in northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park, the first time the disease has been detected in California’s marine mammal population.

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About 30 seals at a California state park have died, and seven of them had the lethal virus. Lab results for the other animals are pending ...

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

Seven elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for bird flu. About 30 seals have died in what officials call a ...

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