Two years ago, avian influenza ravaged elephant seal colonies in South America. Are the colonies on the northern Pacific ...

Dead elephant seals on a beach in Argentina. (Photo by Maxi Jonas/WCS) H5N1 influenza is present in bird species across the globe and has caused outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows in the U.S ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions. Subadult elephant seals and sea lions frequently intermingle at rookeries along Península Valdés in Argentina. Close contact between pinniped ...

T he sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the breeding grounds of Península Valdés, Argentina—but it's quieter. Almost exactly a year after a massive outbreak of H5N1 ...

A devastating H5N1 outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including 97% of pups, at Argentina’s Península Valdés. A study shows the virus spread among marine mammals and evolved distinct strains, ...

The carcasses of elephant seal pups documented in Punta Delgada, Argentina, in October 2023. Credit: Marcela Uhart / UC Davis An August 2024 image of skeletal remains of elephant seal pups from ...

The story for Argentina's elephant seal population has already been tragic, according to a team co-led by Marcela Uhart. She directs the Latin America Program at the University of California Davis ...

Peninsula Valdés, in the Argentine province of Chubut, is home to the largest continental colony of elephant seals in the world. By the end of 2023, it was approaching 60,000 individuals ...

Year after year, a colony of elephant seals arrives in Jackson Bay, on the islands of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of ...

The H5N1 influenza hit populations of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina ... at the NGO Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Argentina. “The not-so-good news is that the number of ...