FILE - An elephant seal pup, right, rests next to female elephant seals on a beach at Año Nuevo State Park, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Pescadero, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez,File) (ASSOCIATED ...

A “small number” of elephant seal illnesses recently observed near Año Nuevo State Park on the San Mateo County coast has prompted officials to temporarily halt guided tours to the massive colony. Año ...

PESCADERO — Every year from late December through March, scientists from the Beltran and Costa labs at UC Santa Cruz set out for the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park. There, thousands of elephant seals ...

The H5N1 bird flu virus that devastated South American elephant seal populations has been confirmed in seals at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, researchers from the University of California, Davis ...

Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California’s Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary ...

Beachgoers at California’s Año Nuevo State Park were doing double takes after they spotted what looked like a giant elephant seal that had been dunked in purple paint during the annual molting season ...

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Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park ...

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