Researchers stunned after documenting first-of-its-kind mass animal die-off: 'We let [it] slip out through our fingers'

Vanstreels painted a morbid picture of a "crisis in animal suffering" with the virus causing birds to fall out of the air, swim, and walk aimlessly as the virus attacks their brains. H5N1 was first ...
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H5N1 bird flu kills more than 50 skuas in first Antarctica wildlife die off

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

Skua deaths mark first wildlife die-off due to avian flu on Antarctica

More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, marking the first documented die-off of wildlife from the virus on the ...

Bid to make boating lake a winter bird haven

A trial at Ramsey's Mooragh Park will log birdlife feeding at the site when the lake is drained.
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Avian flu behind mass skua die-off in Antarctica, scientists say

While H5N1 has been circulating in Antarctica since 2023, this is the first confirmation showing that it killed birds on that continent.

‘The Incomer’ Review: Domhnall Gleeson Gets Hurled Onto a Rocky Shore and Pelted With a Deluge of Aggressively Quaint Quirk

Gayle Rankin and Grant O’Rourke also star as uncivilized off-the-grid siblings who resist being evicted by the Scottish Council from their island home.
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US allocates $5.9 billion for global HIV programs in spending bill

The move was hailed by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS as providing life-saving support for millions of people ...

U.S. State Birds: Check List of the Official Bird of Your State?

What is the National Bird of the United States? The national bird of America is the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).