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 expedition, made up of 11 people, found skua carcasses in Hope Bay and on ... Scientists from the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) also announced on March 14 that they had detected the ...

The annual Antarctic Fellowships ... s Science Support Working Group with her enthusiasm to better understand how skua species have genetically adapted to establish in the polar regions.

Researchers from an earlier expedition, funded by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), found dead and dying skua gulls. Photo: CC BY-SA, Ben Wallis In total ...

A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a ...

Laboratory tests of brown skua and kelp gulls swabs were conducted ... Amid the presence of the bird flu virus in the Antarctic, (at least eight sites across the icy continent), the Scientific ...

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.

Along with the skua, crab-eater seals have been particularly ... Avian flu can infect humans who come in contact with infected birds. Of all Antarctic birds, the cute and friendly penguin is ...