Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.
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Elephants have evolved to be tuskless after years of ivory poaching, study shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have pinpointed how years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks. The research was published ...

Girl, 8, Trampled to Death After Falling into Elephant Herd While Her Family Attempted to Flee Their Home

An 8-year-old girl was trampled to death by an elephant in Indonesia’s West Rumbai district. According to local reports, she ...
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45-year-old Asian elephant Devi is euthanized at San Diego Zoo

SAN DIEGO — A 45-year-old Asian elephant named Devi who had lived at the San Diego Zoo since 1977 was euthanized Thursday after zoo officials said her health had declined. “Devi was beloved at the San ...

Bird flu slams seals and sea lions at the bottom of the world but spares Pacific Coast so far

The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal experts fear for California's elephant seals.