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  "path": "/news/03032026/california-elephant-seals-bird-flu/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-03T20:04:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Justice & Health",
    "Science",
    "Animals",
    "Año Nuevo State Park",
    "avian influenza",
    "bird flu",
    "California",
    "Climate Change",
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  "textContent": "Last week, a day that ecologists and virologists in California have feared for years finally arrived. Officials confirmed seven weaned northern elephant seal pups tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) amid a national surge of the deadly virus. When it tore through multiple colonies of the closely related southern elephant seal in South […]",
  "title": "First Confirmed Cases of Bird Flu in California Elephant Seals Stoke Fear As Virus Surges Worldwide"
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