Bird flu has made its way into fur and elephant seal populations for the first time on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, a team of scientists confirmed on Thursday, setting off alarm bells ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to the world’s largest southern elephant seal population—has been transformed. Drone images of the ...

Scientists have confirmed the presence of H5 bird flu on a sub-Antarctic Australian territory, Heard Island, following ...

An aerial image of the elephant seal colony at St. Andrew's Bay, one of the largest populations of southern elephant seals on South Georgia Island. (British Antarctic Survey) For the last year and a ...

On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after ...

As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair selection of the menu. But it turns out they don’t just want to eat anything and everything. According ...

New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favorite foods. As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the sizeable southern elephant seal has its fair ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (WSVN) — An elephant seal wandered its way into the suburbs, making for quite the sight for residents in South Africa. The massive marine mammal was seen wandering through a ...

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