After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ...

Since highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) spread to the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic in 2023, its ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

Scientists have seen a significant drop in breeding female elephant seals following an avian influenza outbreak on the ...

The British Antarctic Survey estimates that more than 50,000 individuals are missing from the beaches following the virus’s ...

The beaches of South Georgia, a remote splinter of ice and rock in the South Atlantic, should be a place of deafening, ...

Nearly half of the breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, a remote island near Antarctica, have died in a bird flu ...

The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal experts fear for California's elephant seals.

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal is even holding a contest to guess when the first bull will arrive for the breeding season.

It’s one of Northern California’s most famous wildlife shows. Every year, up to 10,000 elephant seals — the giant, blubbery pinnipeds that can weigh 5,000 pounds, grow as long as a Toyota Corolla and ...