When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little ...

Wildlife authorities confirmed Thursday that nine more elephant seals, a sea lion and an otter have died from bird flu at Ano ...

Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a ...

PESCADERO, Calif. (KRON) — More than two dozen elephant seals have tested positive for avian influenza since the outbreak at ...

Experts are closely monitoring the marine animals, flagging mortalities and advising beach visitors to take extra precautions ...

An avian flu outbreak at California's Año Nuevo State Park is spreading across the Central Coast, infecting elephant seals, a ...

A presumptive positive case of the deadly avian flu first detected at Año Nuevo State Park last month, which spread to marine ...

A terrifying outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is ripping through California’s Bay Area, leaving a trail of carcasses and forcing state officials to lock down one of the region’s ...

California’s Año Nuevo State Park has closed its popular elephant seal viewing area after seven pups tested positive for avian flu.

Every year from late December through March, scientists from the Beltran and Costa labs at UC Santa Cruz set out for the ...

Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park ...