After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Año Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

Nearly 700 waterfowl corpses have been cleaned up at Georgica Pond in the past week. Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Hundreds of waterfowl have turned up dead across Georgica Pond this month, and ...

Minnesota officials have quarantined a Stearns County dairy herd after milk samples tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the results March 21, ...

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Tracking this small population of big birds is revealing potentially significant changes in their habits. Migration: Many animal species do it — from tiny zooplankton to enormous whales — moving over ...

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the California coast, the disease has spread to other marine mammals, researchers ...

Bird flu (H5N1) confirmed in a Jefferson County poultry flock. Risk to the public is low; officials urge biosecurity and avoiding sick or dead birds.

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.

The first seven cases of avian influenza were confirmed by preliminary testing at UC Davis and confirmatory testing by the ...

Crude that spilled late last month from a key deepwater oil terminal has traveled 18 miles across open Gulf of Mexico waters ...

Learn how citizen scientists helped scientists measure the deadly impact of the Great Texas Freeze on purple martins.