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

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

Volunteers and rescue workers are formulating a plan to remove a packing strap wrapped around a young elephant seal’s neck at ...

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 ...

Wildlife experts and crowds of gawkers are getting ready for the arrival of male elephant seals in San Simeon.

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 sounds of barking ...

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