Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elephant seal pups chubby from nursing snorted through snotty noses on Thursday at the Piedras Blancas rookery — but not because ...

The local pups, unaware of the spread of the highly pathogenic virus among their northern California cousins, are learning to ...

Scientists estimate more than 60 marine mammals may have been infected by the virus.

The avian flu has been identified for the first time in northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park in California, researchers said. Dead elephant seal pups were observed on Feb. 19 and 20. Live ...

Wildlife authorities confirmed Thursday that nine more elephant seals, a sea lion and an otter have died from bird flu at Ano Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County. That brings the total number of ...

PESCADERO, Calif. (KRON) — More than two dozen elephant seals have tested positive for avian influenza since the outbreak at Año Nuevo State Park on the San Mateo County coast began in February, ...

Seven elephant seal pups have tested positive for avian flu at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, after scientists noticed several seals showing abnormal respiratory and neurological signs. “This is ...

The sightings were the first reports of the animals in Santa Cruz since an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza began in a colony of elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Beach.

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little indication that it would become so widespread and so destructive. Within 30 ...

After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Año Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. What You Need to Know: H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed for the first time in northern elephant seal pups at Año Nuevo State ...

California's Año Nuevo State Park has temporarily closed access to the popular elephant seal viewing area north of Santa Cruz for the rest of the season after seven elephant seal pups tested positive ...