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

An aerial image of the elephant seal colony at St. Andrew's Bay, one of the largest populations of southern elephant seals on South Georgia Island. (British Antarctic Survey) For the last year and a ...
The New York Times

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. Many southern elephant seals breed on the beaches of South Georgia island ...
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Most enduring and biggest iceberg breaks apart, with more splintering to come in its death spiral

An iceberg, known as A23a, top, seen on a NASA satellite, is visible near South Georgia Island, bottom, on Sept. 1, 2025, off the coast of Antarctica. (NASA Worldview via AP) (Uncredited) The world’s ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest

In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to the world’s largest southern elephant seal population—has been transformed. Drone images of the ...