Avian flu, also known as H5N1, spread through marine mammal colonies in Argentinian Patagonia in August 2023, nearly doubling the death rate among southern elephant seals in some areas.

Conservation experts are urging people to maintain a safe distance and keep pets away from the seal to avoid stress or injury to the animal. Facts you must know about elephant seals Elephant seals are ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's quieter. Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina. Close contact between pinniped ...

A mutant strain of H5N1 avian flu has crossed over to infect elephant seals, killing almost all pups in last year's breeding season It's another sign of how dangerous the virus might prove in mammals, ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions in October 2024. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina.

In October, Friends of the Elephant Seal docents saw a seal with an entanglement around his neck on the beach at Piedras Blancas. He was at the far south end, difficult to observe — but that ...

A year after an unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza swept through elephant seal breeding grounds on Península Valdés in Argentina, the beaches are quieter, and the normally bustling ...

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. "It is likely that more than half of the ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions in October 2024. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina. Close contact ...