The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal experts fear for California's elephant seals.

The British Antarctic Survey estimates that more than 50,000 individuals are missing from the beaches following the virus’s ...

The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

Three elephant seals returned to the ocean Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, marking what the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said was the final release of a busy season for the species. The release ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- It's not uncommon to visit the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach this time of year and see an elephant seal. But, the center has rescued 19 pups this year, ...

Tigers and elephants are two creatures that live side by side in India and other parts of Asia. For the most part, they keep ...

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...

A comparison of the Lisowicia bojani with a recent elephant is pictured in this illustration handout provided November 21, 2018. Tomasz Sulej and Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki/Handout via REUTERS By Will ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stoutly built mammal cousin the size of an elephant that munched on plants with its horny beak roamed the European landscape alongside dinosaurs during the Triassic Period ...