Rehab experts from the SR3 animal rescue in Des Moines say they are seeing brutal shootings of seals becoming more common.

A study found that toxins may pose health risks to Arctic ringed seals amid climate change affecting the animals' habitats and diets.

A highly contagious strain of avian flu has been detected in northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park, the first time ...

Seven weaned northern elephant seal pups at University of California–Davis’s long-monitored Año Nuevo colony in California have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, ...

When a 29-year-old Anchorage man returned from a bear hunt on the Alaska Peninsula in September of 2024, he had a persistent and painful finger infection that defied easy diagnosis. His swollen and ...

An image of a pair of southern elephant seal pups has won the Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026 contest. Matty ...

A $10,000 reward is offered to help figure out what is targeting the donkeys that roam the Reche Canyon hills.

The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant ...

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 ...

A multiagency team of wildlife experts confirmed this week that several elephant seals belonging to the famed colony at Año Nuevo State Park in San Mateo Wildlife officials confirm H5N1 bird flu in ...

The San Mateo County park in California is well known for its massive amounts of elephant seals. Typically, tens of thousands of seals grace the shores of this park during their winter gatherings.