Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they ...

Wildlife scientists aboard Australia's icebreaker believe a deadly strain of bird flu has reached the sub-Antarctic Heard Island after they witnessed unusual levels of mortality in elephant seals. The ...

Researchers may have detected bird flu on an Australian sub-Antarctic island after an “unusual number of deaths of baby ...

The minister charged with Australia’s biosecurity has dropped a grim warning with the discovery of a suspected bird flu ...

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around ...

Australia said on Friday scientists had seen symptoms consistent with the destructive H5 bird flu strain on its sub-Antarctic Heard Island in the Southern Ocean after unusual levels of deaths of ...

Authorities say the disease has not been confirmed at this stage, but scientists fear the deadly disease has reached the island after signs were observed in elephant seals. File picture of Elephant ...

Australia’s bird flu-free status hangs in the balance as scientists investigate mysterious elephant seal deaths on a remote sub-Antarctic island. Authorities say the disease has not been confirmed at ...