In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

Elephant seal carcasses line the beach at Punta Delgada in Argentina on Oct. 10, 2023 following an outbreak of HPAI avian influenza that killed about 97% of all pups born that year. Disclaimer ...

An elephant seal pup cries out on a crowded beach in San Simeon. (Pat Pemberton/Courthouse News) SAN SIMEON, Calif. (CN) — Sensing trouble, four elephant seal pups scamper in different directions as a ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's ...

UC Santa Cruz A northern elephant seal mother moves towards a speaker playing the sound of her pup's call "It was dramatic - we see the recognition after just a day or two," said Dr Casey.

Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, scientists estimate that only ...

A 1,300-pound southern elephant seal in Tasmania ... had identified Neil as the same male pup born and weaned on the Tasman Peninsula in October two years earlier. The program said that the ...

Roughly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza killed more than 17,000 elephant seals ... (Marcela Uhart, UC Davis) On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions ...

Elephant seal numbers in Argentina remain low after a deadly H5N1 outbreak, highlighting the virus's dangerous adaptability.

Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in October 2024. Dynamics of contact and beach sharing between these species ...