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 ...

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped ...

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 ...

Multiple elephant seal pups along the Northern California coast have tested positive for the deadly avian influenza, or bird ...

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

Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California’s Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary ...

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.

State animal health officials have confirmed the first detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Daviess County since 2024. The ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania State Veterinarian Dr. Alex Hamberg spoke at an avian flu roundtable on Tuesday at the Lancaster County Rapid Response Center.

Wild birds are natural carriers of avian influenza and their migration allows the disease to spread across vast distances.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reported that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was found to be circulating ...