A seal bathed in bright purple appeared at Ano Nuevo State Park, bewildering scientists. They soon found the reason for its unusual coloring: red algae.
Months after an avian flu outbreak swept through the elephant seal population at Año Nuevo State Park, another unusual sighting has emerged in the pinnipeds dwelling along the windswept coastline of San Mateo County.
On Saturday, park docents at Bigh... [2423 chars]