Antarctic penguin appears on remote WA beach, 4,000km from home
A king penguin from the sub-Antarctic region has been found more than 4,000 kilometres away from home on…
Study explores airborne bird flu decay in livestock environments
Discovering how the bird flu virus degrades in the air around livestock and how engineering solutions can effect…
Thai officials say 72 tigers at tourist parks died of canine distemper, allaying bird flu fears
BANGKOK (AP) — The deaths of 72 tigers in two animal parks for tourists in northern Thailand shouldn’t…
Cambodia records 1st human case of bird flu in 2026
 A 30-year-old man from southwest Cambodia’s Kampot province had been confirmed positive for H5N1 human avian influenza, becoming…
‘We let [it] slip out through our fingers’
With Antarctica added to the list, the bird flu has officially wreaked havoc on every continent but Oceania.…
Scientists on ‘high alert’ as bird flu threat looms over Australian Antarctic Territory
At Berkley Island in East Antarctica, hordes of Adélie penguins are nesting on a rocky outcrop surrounded by…
UV light technology to curb viral transmission in poultry environments
Widespread bird flu outbreaks worldwide underscore the urgent need for scalable, sustainable disinfection solutions to curb viral transmission…
South Australian farmers fear future as bird flu recovery causes egg oversupply
Darren Letton looks around his farm and sees excess pallets filled with eggs, despite demand reaching an all-time…
Fever-resistant bird flu viruses pose a significant threat to humans
Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a…
Gut immune cells follow an atypical pathway to provide long-lasting antiviral protection
A new study led by University of Toronto researchers has shown that immune cells in the gut follow…
Avian Flu Wipes Out Nearly Half of Breeding Elephant Seals at World’s Largest Colony
An aerial shot of the elephant seal colony at St Andrew’s Bay, one of the largest populations of…
Wild birds found to be key drivers of H5N1 outbreak in North America
Since late 2021, a panzootic, or “a pandemic in animals,” of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has…