With 63% of Ireland's birds at risk of extinction, an Irish ornithologist is utilising recordings he is making to advocate ...

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

where high mortality levels in skua birds were observed. In July, this discovery was followed by the confirmation of the virus's presence in Antarctica for the first time in a marine mammal.

Avian Influenza was first detected in the brown skua populations in October 2023 ... it has been detected in one bird on the nearby Falkland Islands. The team at the British Antarctic Survey ...