Avian Flu is Tearing Through the Antarctic Peninsula
"The great advantage of Antarctica is that one never gets ill," said Robert Scott. A lot can change in 100 years, and H5N1 is ...
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Avian Flu Is Rapidly Spreading Across Antarctica
Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...
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Inside Antarctica’s plague-infested penguin colonies
A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...
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Tests confirm presence of high pathogenicity avian flu on South Africa’s Marion Island
The department of forestry, fisheries and environment has confirmed the presence of the high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus on South Africa’s sub-Antarctic territory of Marion Island.
Bird flu hits world’s biggest wandering albatross colonies
A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a ...
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Ancient DNA helps reconstruct penguin history from the Stone Age to the present day
Adélie penguins are only found in the Antarctic and are the smallest species ... followed by the gull-like south polar skua.
Avian influenza identified in six bird species on Marion Island
The deaths of adult seabirds are of great concern as most species only start to breed at 3 to 10 years of age, and most ...
Voice of the Sea Ice: Life!
In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made ...