Avian influenza, or H5N1, has been detected in northern elephant seals in Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo. This is the first time the highly transmissible disease has been detected in California's ...

Elephant seal pups chubby from nursing snorted through snotty noses on Thursday at the Piedras Blancas rookery — but not because they were sick. In San Luis Obispo County, the elephant seals appeared ...

Avian flu has been found in seven elephant seal pups at a Northern California beach popular with visitors for spotting the enormous marine mammals. Tours and beach visits at Año Nuevo State Park, on ...

The number of elephant seals infected with avian flu has grown to 16 total in San Mateo County. Experts say in addition to elephant seals, a southern sea otter and a California sea lion have also been ...

Submitted by San Juan County. Two red foxes on San Juan Island have tested positive for avian influenza. At this time, there are no confirmed human cases of avian influenza in San Juan County. Living ...

Ano Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County will once again allow the public access to viewing elephant seals on Saturday after about six weeks of restricting access amid an outbreak of avian flu that ...

Valentina Saldaña is your comunity reporter covering the north coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, and San Simeon. For the first time, avian flu has been ...

PESCADERO — Every year from late December through March, scientists from the Beltran and Costa labs at UC Santa Cruz set out for the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park. There, thousands of elephant seals ...