A recent study found that 47 percent of breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, home to the world’s largest ...

Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird ...

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday.

The beaches of South Georgia, a remote splinter of ice and rock in the South Atlantic, should be a place of deafening, chaotic life. Normally, the shores host the planet’s largest gathering of ...

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

Since highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) spread to the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic in 2023, its ...

Apparently bird flu wasn't just for the birds. Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey say one species on a remote ...

The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal species has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ecosystems shaped by these majestic animals. At up to 5.8 metres ...

It turns out that male southern elephant seals like to stick with their own favorite foods. Credit: Andrea Cormack/University of New South Wales As one of the top predators roaming Antarctica, the ...

Triumphant Story of Elephant Seal Who Traveled Over 1,000 Miles Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In an uplifting bit of news, a southern elephant seal surprised residents in the ...

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 ...

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 ...