Avian flu strikes California’s northern elephant seals; area quarantined

Mongabay
Feb 27, 2026, 12:04 am125 ptsTrending
Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an extra-close eye on California’s northern elephant seals. Fears of infection have now become reality: Lab tests just…

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