Año Nuevo’s iconic elephant seal viewing areas are reopening after a bird flu outbreak. Scientists have been hard at work the entire time

At its onset, no one knew how the bird flu would progress in the northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo, but this week, officials announced the reserve’s elephant seal viewing areas will reopen on Saturday, just a month and a half after their closure. Scientists haven’t detected a sick or dead animal on the mainland in two weeks. The post Año Nuevo’s iconic elephant seal viewing areas are reopening after a bird flu outbreak.