Avian flu halves South Georgia’s breeding elephant seal population
South Georgia’s breeding population of female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) may have been halved by highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV), finds new research. These losses may threaten the security of the island’s breeding population.
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