The California Department of Public Health is advising the public to avoid contact with sick or dead wildlife along the California Coast after northern elephant seal pups recently tested positive for ...

Close-up portrait of a Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) showing detailed textures of its face and skin during molting season in the Falkland Islands.© Giedriius/Shutterstock.com Avian ...

The avian flu has been identified for the first time in northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park in California, researchers said. Dead elephant seal pups were observed on Feb. 19 and 20. Live ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- More people will likely head to the coast this weekend because of warmer weather. The California Department of Public Health warns people that bird flu is now a serious problem ...

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first outbreak of bird flu in elephant seals along the California coast, the disease has spread to other marine mammals, researchers said Thursday. So far, 16 ...

H5N1 influenza surveillance on California dairy farms found airborne virus, wastewater contamination, and subclinical ...

The government is investigating a rare strain of avian flu, H5N9, detected on a duck farm in central California, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health. It marks the first reported ...