SEATTLE — They might be fun to look at, but experts want you to keep your distance from harbor seals in the Puget Sound. This warning comes after a worldwide outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza jumped to ...

Some seals are being found dead around the north Puget Sound with their cause of death coming from an unexpected disease: bird flu. Wildlife officials have confirmed that avian influenza, or bird flu, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A “highly pathogenic” strain of bird flu capable of spreading to humans and their pets was detected in harbor seals in the Puget Sound between Aug. 18 and 25, marking the first ...

Canada’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre uploaded footage of a baby harbor seal named Blue to YouTube. The young creature’s voice actually sounds a bit like a cross between a human baby and a kitten. “She ...

Seattle’s Golden Gardens is one of the most popular places for harbor seals and their babies to hang out, and in late summer and early fall you might just be lucky enough to see one. “Harbor Seals are ...

Epidemiologists with the Kitsap Public Health District have co-authored a new report documenting the first recorded case of a human contracting the infectious disease tularemia from a marine mammal.

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reported that several harbor seals tested positive for a strain of bird flu on Marrowstone Island in Puget Sound.

Trumpet the Atlantic harbor seal glides through the water, propelling herself onto a rock at its edge. She rests her speckled gray head on the rock and patiently waits for fish. Passers-by outside the ...

They might be fun to look at, but experts a warning to keep distance from harbor seals in the Puget Sound. It's really an unprecedented outbreak,” said Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, a professor in the ...