Rabies in seals has previously been uncommon, however, new reports from May 2024 show many cases of Cape fur seals testing positive for rabies throughout South Africa's Western and Northern Cape ...

Ocean Conservation Namibia found a cape fur seal with a venomous spine from a shark lodged in its neck. Luckily, they were able to catch it and pull it out.

WITH WHAT THE ZOO IS SAYING. RHONDELLA. JESSICA. IT WAS FEBRUARY 1ST WHEN THE SEAL BLUE STOPPED EATING. AND THEN HE DIED ON FEBRUARY 5TH. AND TISSUE RESULTS FROM THE LAB HAVE COME BACK CONFIRMING ...

Tests show bird flu caused the death of a 21-year-old harbor seal at a zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts earlier this month. The Buttonwood Park Zoo said in a social media post that the "beloved ...

Gray seal Gunther opens his mouth on cue during a training session with an American Trail animal keeper. (Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...

Buttonwood Park Zoo's male Atlantic harbor seal Blue died Wednesday after a sudden illness. The seal was 21 years old. Atlantic harbor seals live about 25 years on average. Blue was the sole ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A harbor seal named Blue at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died earlier this month of the bird flu. The zoo announced Wednesday on social media that a diagnostic ...

Buttonwood Park Zoo officials have confirmed that Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, died this month due to complications from the avian flu, or bird flu. Zoo officials say it's the second case of a ...

A “committee” of Cape vultures is swooping into the Los Angeles Zoo to make its home in an exhibit that seeks to mirror the birds’ natural South African habitat LOS ANGELES -- A “committee ...

NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died this month due to complications from avian flu, or bird flu. Bird flu can cross over from ...

A harbor seal at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died earlier this month after contracting the avian flu, officials said. Blue, a 21-year-old male Atlantic harbor seal, died on Feb. 5 ...