A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions ... It will take decades before the numbers are back to the 2022 population size.” Falabella said the epidemic reversed decades of conservation ...

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

Avian flu, also known as H5N1, spread through marine mammal colonies in Argentinian Patagonia in August 2023, nearly doubling the death rate among southern elephant seals in some areas.

Jaimie Cleeland who is the science manager for BAS’s King Edward Point Research Station on South Georgia says: “Understanding the size of the southern elephant seal population on and around So ...

Durban — A young male elephant seal taken into the care of South African Association for Marine Biological Research (Saambr) experts has slowly gained confidence and is eating more than six ...

Camps Bay beach has an unexpected visitor – a female southern elephant seal who has hauled out onto the sand to moult. In this process, which takes about a month, the seal sheds and replaces ...

The sounds of barking elephant seals are again in the air along the ... It will take decades before the numbers are back to the 2022 population size." Falabella said the epidemic reversed decades ...

Friends of the Elephant Seal is holding a contest to guess exactly when the first mature male might arrive on Central Coast ...

A subadult male elephant seal can be seen near sea lions in October ... It will take decades before the numbers are back to the 2022 population size.” Falabella said the epidemic reversed ...

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting ... are back to the 2022 population size," said Valeria Falabella, director of ...