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 ...

WHERE THAT POSITIVE TEST WAS CONFIRMED JUST YESTERDAY.. RESEARCHERS DESCRIBING IT AS THE EARLY STAGES OF AN OUTBREAK.. THE BIGGEST DRAW AT ANO NUEVO STATE PARK NOW OFF LIMITS TO ALL VISITORS.. AFTER ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (FOX40.COM) — Seven baby elephant seals have tested positive for H5N1, the first case of bird flu in California marine mammals. On ...

Seven elephant seal pups have tested positive for avian flu at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, after scientists noticed several seals showing abnormal respiratory and neurological signs. Scientists ...

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 ...