Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...

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

"The great advantage of Antarctica is that one never gets ill," said Robert Scott. A lot can change in 100 years, and H5N1 is ...

Dewar's expedition did find the presence of H5 strain bird flu on the Antarctic peninsula and three nearby islands in skua seabirds, predators which feed on penguin eggs and chicks. About 20 ...

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

The department of forestry, fisheries and environment has confirmed the presence of the high pathogenicity avian influenza ...

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 ...

Brown skua (Catharacta antarctica) on Bird Island, South Georgia (Richard Phillips) The highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in brown skua populations on Bird Island, South ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, a new study has ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous waters off Antarctica. Thanks to a nearly complete fossil skull ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...