The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

Report by RSPB and British Trust for Ornithology finds H5N1 has caused a loss of 75% of the great skua population and a 25% decline in northern gannets

The brother of a boy who died from bird flu in Cambodia has tested positive for the virus. Health officials are investigating the source of infection.

Just last week, authorities confirmed that a polar bear in Alaska died after contracting bird flu.

Scientists warn further spread could threaten fragile ecosystem, as tests show seals died of H5N1 on South Georgia island

THE UK Government is proposing that eggs laid by chickens kept indoors due to concerns about bird flu should be labelled “free range” regardless…

Bird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change.

The experts fear that more polar bears may have fallen prey to the disease.

Current outbreak, which started in 2021, is estimated to have killed millions of wild birds and thousands of mammals globally

Antarctica is often imagined as the last untouched wilderness. Unfortunately, avian influenza (“bird flu”) is encroaching on the icy continent. The virus has already reached the sub-Antarctic islands between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America. It’s only a matter of time before it reaches the Antarctic continent.