The sightings were the first reports of the animals in Santa Cruz since an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza ...

For the first time, confirmation of the deadly H5N1 virus has been detected in California's elephant seal population.

Scientists track elephant seals to gather ocean data and learn how these deep diving animals help reveal the secrets of the ...

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little ...

Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

The Bay Area is home to one of the world’s largest mainland breeding colonies for the Northern Elephant Seal. Photo from a previous breeding season. SAN FRANCISCO - A highly contagious strain of avian ...

People and their canine companions are urged to be extra careful now at the beaches because of a new warning from the ...

What can an elephant seal – a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle – teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. “The animals are amazing. I mean, everything ...

Half a century ago, the American people took a remarkable step. They realized that their own survival is entwined with the survival of other animals. They understood the importance of keeping ...

Federal wildlife authorities are searching for a person of interest in the stabbing of a baby elephant seal on an Oregon beach, leaving it injured with multiple wounds. The 225-pound pup was stabbed ...