Elephant seal birthing and mating season is underway along the Central Coast. Wildlife officials say beaches near San Simeon ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. H5N1 bird flu is devastating marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some elephant seal colonies suffering ...

An outbreak of avian flu in 2023 hammered a colony of southern elephant seals in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region, leading to a 50% decline in its population. But over the 2024-2025 breeding season, ...

“The animals are amazing. I mean, everything they do is extreme,” said Daniel Costa, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz. “They’re the deepest-diving pinniped and they dive ...

At the end of 2023, an outbreak of avian flu devastated a colony of southern elephant seals in Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula. It may take a century for the population to return to the 18,000 breeding ...