The Latest Breaking News from Avian flu

The NatureScot report analysed the effects of the unprecedented avian flu outbreak among wild birds since 2021.

Authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock. The California condor population fell to near extinction in the '70s, but the total wild population now numbers more than 300.

NatureScot has revealed the devastating figure as it prepares for the return of Scotland’s seabird colonies across the summer

Rangers work to avoid repeat of last year’s devastating losses in breeding seabird colonies on the islands off the Northumberland coast

NatureScot officials along with the RSPB have ramped up surveillance, monitoring and biosecurity measures for our wild bird colonies.

It has ravaged farms, decimated wild birds and spilled onto mammals. Could avian flu spark the next human pandemic? The Down to Earth team takes a closer look.

Avian flu has decimated the marine creatures on the country’s Pacific coastline and scientists fear it could be jumping from mammal to mammal

People are being urged to stay away from dead animals after bird flu was found in a number of dead seals on the Cornish coast.

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called “bird flu”, which has been recurring in Nigeria since 2006. It has resulted in the loss of millions of birds and income for people who rely on the poultry industry. Nigeria is currently grappling with another outbreak which…