The largest population of elephant seals in the world suffered massive mortality in 2023 from H5N1 bird flu infection. Animal ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared.

Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by a destructive bird flu that has swept most of the planet, ...

Scientists have seen a significant drop in breeding female elephant seals following an avian influenza outbreak on the ...

Bird flu has wiped out half of South Georgia’s breeding elephant seals, according to a study that warns of “serious implications” for the future of the species. The remote island in the South Atlantic ...

The image most people have of penguins is how they look on land — wearing their flightlessness as a burden for all to see, ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ...

The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ...

Discover the alarming changes in Antarctica driven by climate change. Scientists warn of irreversible ice sheet melt, rising ...