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

Climate change is speeding the spread of global pathogens. Can an early-warning system for animal viruses help stop pandemics ...

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

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, ...

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly is joining a campaign to free 15 gentoo penguins that are currently living in a London aquarium ...

The Scottish TV star had previously visited Antartica a number of years ago to follow the example of her childhood hero, the ...

Scientists are alarmed as southern elephant seals face sharp population declines, possibly due to disease and changing oceans ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...