The San Juan Islands experienced an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu (H5N1) from mid-November to mid-January. It probably began in the lower San Juan Channel, between Cape San Juan and Davis ...

Experts are closely monitoring the marine animals, flagging mortalities and advising beach visitors to take extra precautions ...

Updates on issues of interest to the agricultural community and the public.

Dozens of bodies of migrating birds — including some that appeared ill and were actively dying — were recovered from a playa lake in Amarillo over the weekend, and avian influenza is the suspected ...

Patrick Robinson, a biologist and director of the UC Santa Cruz Año Nuevo Natural Reserve, said that about 47 elephant seals ...

FROM LANCASTER COUNTY WITH THE LATEST IN THAT STORY. MEREDITH, WE’RE LIVE HERE NEAR A FARM IN PENN TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, WHERE THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY TODAY. SECRETARY REDDING SAID AVIAN ...

Researchers are on high alert monitoring the local Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery — though there is good news.

California officials have confirmed that nine more elephant seals, a sea lion, and an otter have died from avian flu H5N1 at Ano Nuevo State Park in San Mateo County. “As you probably imagine, this ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a specific type of antibody associated with the former virus—already present ...

Bucks County officials are warning residents not to touch or interact with wildlife in county parks after several birds in the county tested positive for avian flu. Several wild birds were found dead ...

Two live bird markets, 1 in Orange County, Florida, and 1 in Kings County, New York, reported bird flu outbreaks.