Australian scientists to be evacuated from Macquarie Island over threat of deadly bird flu outbreak
A common dolphin has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu as the number of infections in South Australia…
Aussies banned from stepping foot on world-famous beach after concerning discovery
Tourists visiting Seal Bay on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island are barred from setting foot on the beach. The…
Queensland becomes Australia’s fourth state to confirm H5 bird flu case as petrel washes up on Moreton Island
Queensland has become Australia’s fourth state to confirm a case of bird flu. Authorities confirmed the case on…
SA wildlife carers did not expect to be ‘ground zero’ for Australia’s third H5 bird flu case
A volunteer-run wildlife organisation that rescued a bird which later tested positive to the deadly H5 bird flu…
Thousands of baby seals died on two remote sub-Antarctic islands. Scientists now think they know why
A deadly strain of bird flu sweeping through remote islands near Antarctica has devastated the native wildlife population,…
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…
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…
Suspected H5 virus detected after elephant seal die-off on Heard Island
A suspected outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 has been reported on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, located…
What does it mean if a deadly strain of bird flu has been found on Australia’s Heard Island?
Scientists who recently travelled to Heard Island in the Southern Ocean fear a deadly strain of bird flu,…
Australia’s Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina ‘makes contact with ocean floor’ near remote Heard Island
Australia’s icebreaker has been involved in an incident in which the ship’s hull “made contact with the ocean…
Antarctic expedition to search for bird flu on Heard Island
Australia is the only continent not to have recorded the deadly strain of H5N1 which has killed millions…
Australian scientists record accelerating glacier loss on sub-Antarctic Heard Island
Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size in…