PESCADERO — Every year from late December through March, scientists from the Beltran and Costa labs at UC Santa Cruz set out for the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park. There, thousands of elephant seals ...

Scientists have confirmed that seven weaned northern elephant seal pups at the park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as H5N1. The confirmation, provided by the U.S.

PESCADERO, Calif. (KRON) — A bird flu outbreak that killed dozens of elephant seals on the Bay Area coast this year is declared officially over, officials with the University of California, Davis ...

A multiagency team of wildlife experts confirmed this week that several elephant seals belonging to the famed colony at Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County have tested positive for bird flu. The ...

The avian influenza outbreak that put some of California’s most beloved marine mammal and sea bird populations at risk has ...

The Marine Mammal Center is testing a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza vaccine on elephant seals at its Sausalito hospital. If it is effective in producing antibodies, the center plans to vaccinate ...

This season’s Piedras Blancas elephant seal pups are now independent seals. Their mothers weaned them, abruptly, and left on their short spring migration. It’s on the pups now to develop the swimming ...

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A city-approved block party in Palatka turned violent Saturday night when a driver plowed through a crowd of people, and several people, including two Palatka police officers, fired at him, according ...