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

Hawaiian monk seals are classified as endangered, with only 1,600 seals surviving. They are “one of the rarest seal species ...

The avian flu is devastating marine mammal populations. A new survey finds that nearly half of breeding females in the world's largest population of southern elephant seals were killed by the virus.

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

After nearly going extinct, elephant seals are a conservation success story. Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the ...

Three elephant seals returned to the ocean Wednesday morning, Oct. 2, marking what the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said was the final release of a busy season for the species. The release ...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- It's not uncommon to visit the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach this time of year and see an elephant seal. But, the center has rescued 19 pups this year, ...

Tigers and elephants are two creatures that live side by side in India and other parts of Asia. For the most part, they keep ...

A comparison of the Lisowicia bojani with a recent elephant is pictured in this illustration handout provided November 21, 2018. Tomasz Sulej and Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki/Handout via REUTERS By Will ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stoutly built mammal cousin the size of an elephant that munched on plants with its horny beak roamed the European landscape alongside dinosaurs during the Triassic Period ...