Researchers on Saturday confirmed the presence of the H5 subtype of avian influenza in two dead seabirds, called skuas, near an Argentine base and scientific research station on the Antarctic ...

Antarctica and Australia are currently the only continents this avian influenza has yet to reach—as far as scientists can tell. For Antarctica in particular, the virus may simply be spreading ...

Bird flu outbreak affects over 24 states, poultry prices rise. Poultry farmers across the country are on edge as the highly pathogenic avian influenza is on the rise in the U.S., with more than 24 ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Bird flu is spreading from pole to pole. Here’s why it matters. A highly virulent strain of H5N1 has wiped out entire colonies of seabirds and seals from Alaska to Antarctica.

Antarctica's isolated population of wildlife faces an unprecedented threat: avian flu. The lethal variant of avian flu, H5N1, has made its way to populations of brown skuas on Bird Island, part of ...

As Avian Flu Reaches Antarctica, Luxury Travelers Are Helping Record Outbreaks Citizen science programs aboard cruise ships are documenting outbreaks in areas where researchers seldom tread ...

From Antarctica's plagued peninsula to previously untouched archipelagos, the infamous highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu has now moved across thousands of kilometres of ocean and settled ...

Then came the stinger: "There is a likely chance it could be avian influenza," colloquially known as bird flu. Avian flu has already been confirmed at eight testing sites across the Antarctic ...

A deadly strain of H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, has been found in birds across the Antarctic peninsula. Scientists are ...

Bird flu moving further south. The first detection of avian influenza near Antarctica occurred in early October on Bird Island, South Georgia, in brown skuas (seabirds similar to large gulls). A ...

The Antarctic expedition has confirmed the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI H5N1) in the Weddell Sea, affecting various species, including penguins and crabeater seals.