Elephant seal colony lost 95% of its pups

Elephant Seal Colony Declines One Year After Avian Flu Outbreak
A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals, only about a third of the seals normally expected here returned, UC Davis scientists and partners estimate. A study chronicles the 2023 outbreak.
Elephant seal colony lost 95% of its pups to bird flu
The bird flu outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including almost 97% of the pups, and left a scar on this vulnerable population.
Studies describe deadly avian flu outbreaks among seals, terns
In the first study on elephant seals, published today in Nature Communications, researchers from UC Davis and the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) in Argentina tracked the seal colony population one year after a deadly outbreak killed more than 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of pups.
Elephant Seals Face Uncertain Future After H5N1 Outbreak in Argentina
A devastating H5N1 outbreak killed over 17,000 elephant seals, including 97% of pups, at Argentina’s Península Valdés. A study shows the virus spread among marine mammals and evolved distinct strains.
Bird Flu Is Decimating Elephant Seal Colonies
The sea mammals' population may slowly rebound, but in 2023 mutant bird flu killed an estimated 17,000 elephant seals, including about 97% of their pups, researchers reported Nov. 11 in Nature Communications.
Bird flu decimating South America's elephant seal colonies
The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd populations, a new report finds.
Bird flu decimates seals, leaving grim scenes of dead animals
In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 percent of the vulnerable animals) and an unknown number of adults in a major breeding colony in Península Valdés,
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