Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United States, where the virus has severely impacted cattle and poultry, currently ...

The lethal bird flu virus that has already killed hundreds of millions of birds around the world is spreading through Antarctica ... found skua carcasses in Hope Bay and on Devil’s and Paulet ...

Disease tops nobody's list of Antarctic dangers ... Carcasses, especially, are a vector, and because of this the skua, a carrion-bird, has been especially hard hit. The disease has spread ...