A male elephant sale moves along the beach at Año Nuevo Coast Natural Preserve. Photo by Charles Russo. When biologist Patrick Robinson first spotted a dead elephant seal at Año Nuevo Coast Natural ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nearly 5 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered this year because of a persistent bird flu outbreak that began in 2022, but as big as that number may sound, ...

An avian flu outbreak, which killed several elephant seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Park last month, has spread to two other mammal species, according to researchers. UC Santa Cruz researcher ...

Avian influenza (bird flu) is a highly contagious disease of wild and captive birds. Controlling its spread remains a major challenge. A new study, however, has revealed some fascinating details about ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro met with farmers and state agriculture officials in Lancaster County Tuesday to discuss concerns about rising bird flu cases in the state. Since the start of 2026, more ...

SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. -- Wildlife authorities confirmed Thursday that nine more elephant seals, a sea lion and an otter have died from bird flu at Ano Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County. That ...

A thousand pheasants are to be culled after suspected bird flu was detected at a commercial poultry premises in County Tyrone. Restrictions have been put in place around the farm near Newtownstewart, ...

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 ...