In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to the world’s largest ...

The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal experts fear for California's elephant seals.

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

The British Antarctic Survey estimates that more than 50,000 individuals are missing from the beaches following the virus’s ...

Since highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) spread to the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic in 2023, its ...

Scientists are alarmed as southern elephant seals face sharp population declines, possibly due to disease and changing oceans ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a ...

It turns out that male southern elephant seals like to stick with their own favorite foods. Credit: Andrea Cormack/University of New South Wales As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the ...

In the last few months there have been at least twenty incidents of elephant seals emerging along Uruguayan beaches, both ...

Triumphant Story of Elephant Seal Who Traveled Over 1,000 Miles Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In an uplifting bit of news, a southern elephant seal surprised residents in the ...

New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favorite foods. As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair ...

As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair selection of the menu. But it turns out they don’t just want to eat anything and everything. According ...