elephant seal, avian flu

Bird flu decimates seals, leaving grim scenes of dead animals
In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 percent of the vulnerable animals) and an unknown number of adults in a major breeding colony in Península Valdés,
Bird flu decimating South America's elephant seal colonies
The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd populations, a new report finds.
Studies describe deadly avian flu outbreaks among seals, terns
In the first study on elephant seals, published today in Nature Communications, researchers from UC Davis and the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) in Argentina tracked the seal colony population one year after a deadly outbreak killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of pups.
Elephant Seal Colony Declines One Year After Avian Flu Outbreak
A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here returned, UC Davis scientists and partners estimate. A study chronicles the 2023 outbreak.
Elephant seal colony lost 95% of its pups to bird flu
The bird flu outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including almost 97% of the pups, and left a scar on this vulnerable population.
Bird Flu Is Decimating Elephant Seal Colonies
The sea mammals' population may slowly rebound, but in 2023 mutant bird flu killed an estimated 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, researchers reported Nov. 11 in Nature Communications.
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Washington coast avian flu outbreak devastated Caspian terns, jumped to seals
Researchers also documented that the avian flu virus H5N1 was transmitted ... Avian influenza has been killing many seals and sea lions in other parts of the world, particularly in South ...
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Elephant seal numbers drop after avian flu outbreak: First report of transmission between marine mammals
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 ...
Deadly H5N1 Outbreak Triggers Unprecedented Caspian Tern Die-Off in Washington and Spreads To Harbor Seals
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 ...
Bird flu hits site with half of world's wandering albatrosses
An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat ...