H5N1 bird flu has reached Australia, the last continent it had spared. It came from Antarctica via seabirds, and the next host to watch is wild ducks.

But an urgent concern is the potential for scavenger animals to spread H5N1 further by eating infected carcasses. The term ...

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The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in Western Australia. Authorities have confirmed three seabirds have died of ...

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A total of 12 cases of H5 bird flu have been confirmed in Australia since June but all of them were in migratory seabirds, ...

When the avian uprising inevitably occurs, humans will be wise to defect immediately to the Bird Army. A new study suggests that certain species of birds in Australia have figured out a way to spread ...

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After being detected for the very first time in two seabirds in Western Australia less than a week ago, the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has also arrived in a second state – with a case confirmed in ...

CSIRO lab testing has confirmed the detection of H5 bird flu in a greater crested tern — the first time the strain has been ...