A recent study revealed that the arrival of the deadly H5N1 ‘bird flu’ virus has reached Antarctica. Scientists believe it arrived via migratory Antarctic skuas that travel from South America, where a ...
More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, marking the first documented die-off of wildlife from the virus on the ...
More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, marking the first documented die-off of wildlife from the virus on the ...
Bird flu is spreading globally and getting closer to New Zealand. Its arrival may be a matter of when, not if – and the risks ...
Scientists recently confirmed that a variation of the avian influenza virus is responsible for sea bird deaths in Antarctica. Researchers from Erasmus MC in the Netherlands and the University of ...