Durban — A young male elephant seal taken into the care of South African Association for Marine Biological Research (Saambr) ...

An epidemic of avian flu in Patagonia appears to be on the decline after decimating southern elephant seal populations for ...

A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here ...

Volunteers and rescue workers are formulating a plan to remove a packing strap wrapped around a young elephant seal’s neck at ...

Camps Bay beach in Cape Town has become the temporary home of a rare and fascinating visitor - a female Southern elephant ...

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

Camps Bay beach has a rare guest – a female southern elephant seal who has hauled out onto the sand to moult. In this process ...

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd ...

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

But... keep your distance: approaching too closely will stress the animal and could disrupt her moulting process.

The bird flu outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including almost 97% of the pups, and left a scar on this vulnerable population.

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