Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped seal-watching tours to help limit the spread of the virus.

A lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California, scientists announced ...

Researchers at UC Davis say news they've dreaded since 2023 has come to pass: California's elephant seals have been infected with H5N1 bird flu.

Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania convened a crisis response meeting this week to address a massive avian influenza outbreak in the state. Per state officials, nearly 7.6 million birds have ...

Bird flu has been confirmed in backyard flocks in two southeast Iowa counties, affecting about 130 birds, as state officials urge vigilance.

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are asking bird watchers and hunters to report sick or dead birds they encounter, as they continue to monitor avian influenza’s presence in the region. “Avian ...

Elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park have tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, researchers from UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz announced Wednesday. The outbreak marks the ...

The detections, which were found in “multispecies backyard flocks” in Keokuk and Van Buren counties, mark the third and fourth cases of bird flu found this year in Iowa.

A March 2024 research expedition to Antarctica discovered the presence of the H5N1 'bird flu' virus in kelp gulls and Antarctic skuas.