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 ...

The southern elephant seal population in South Africa has seen its conservation status improve from near threatened to least concern, with a recent assessment citing the absence of serious threats to ...

Avian flu, long associated with birds, continues to surprise scientists as it spreads across species and oceans. After first jumping to dairy cows two years ago, the virus has now infected elephant ...

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 ...

An aerial image of the elephant seal colony at St. Andrew's Bay, one of the largest populations of southern elephant seals on South Georgia Island. (British Antarctic Survey) For the last year and a ...

For the last year and a half, Americans have watched and worried as H5N1 bird flu racked dairy herds and killed hundreds of millions of commercially raised chickens, turkeys and ducks. But far less ...