Ever since a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, killed some 17,000 southern elephant seal pups on South American coastlines in 2023 and 2024, researchers and public officials have kept an ...

Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several ...

Researchers at UC Davis say news they've dreaded since 2023 has come to pass: California's elephant seals have been infected ...

Most seals give birth to a pup around the same time each year, and wean them and send them on their way within 12 months in an annual cycle.

Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read today: Thousands of strangers on the internet just collectively named a deep-sea creature that lives on sunken wood at the bottom of the ocean, and ...

A newly discovered deep-sea creature has become an unlikely Internet star. After appearing in a popular YouTube video, a rare chiton found nearly three miles beneath the ocean surface sparked a global ...

The Texas coastline is seeing a rare and unusual sight: thousands of mysterious sea creatures washing ashore after what experts are calling a “mass die off.” The creatures, commonly known as sea ...

Mid-morning off the island of Faial in the Azores, and the boat’s radio suddenly crackles into life. A watcher positioned in one of the hillside observation towers has spotted a pod of six sperm ...

Marine biologists have just discovered the largest black coral ever recorded in Aotearoa New Zealand’s seas, while exploring the deep waters of Fiordland. Measuring more than 13 feet tall and nearly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What are these strange creatures washing up on Texas beaches, and why are they dying? Here's what the experts have to say.

Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves. By Elie Dolgin For most mammals, growing up means giving up their mother’s milk ...

Texas is simply crawling with curious critters, and according to a respected research institute, "thousands and thousands" of creepy creatures are showing up on the Gulf Coast because of a "mass die ...