The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd ...

After first appearing in birds in Argentina in February of 2023, a "highly pathogenic" strain of H5N1 was spotted in infected ...

In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's ...

A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals in Argentina, only about a third of the seals normally expected here returned, scientists estimate.

The bird flu outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including almost 97% of the pups, and left a scar on this vulnerable population.

In the first study on elephant seals, published today in Nature Communications, researchers from UC Davis and the National ...

A 2023 avian flu outbreak decimated a Caspian tern colony on Rat Island and spread to harbor seals, posing a new threat to local wildlife. A 2023 epidemiological study revealed that 56% of a large ...

Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate that only ...

Roughly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate that only about a third ...

An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat ...