Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is estimated to have killed at least about 52,000 seals and sea lions across South America, based on published scientific tallies of the 2023 outbreak and its ...
The sightings were the first reports of the animals in Santa Cruz since an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...