(Reuters) - Has bird flu already killed hundreds, if not thousands of penguins in Antarctica? That's what researchers are seeking to find out after a scientific expedition last month found at least ...

Disease tops nobody's list of Antarctic dangers. "The great advantage of this place is that one never gets ill," said Robert Falcon Scott. His contemporary, Douglas Mawson, even suggested that the icy ...

The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday. Emperor penguins hatch their eggs ...

SANTIAGO, March 14 (Reuters) - Scientists in Antarctica are warning of the spread of deadly H5N1 avian flu virus after the disease was first confirmed on the frozen continent's mainland last month and ...

Editor’s Note (2/27/24): On February 25 the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) reported that avian influenza had been confirmed in dead skuas found near Primavera Base on the Antarctic Peninsula ...

The British Antarctic Survey detected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in seabirds on Bird Island, located in the Antarctic region in the South Atlantic. When you purchase through links on our site ...

A deadly strain of bird flu circulating worldwide is disrupting research in Antarctica and could lead to the cancellation of some projects to study penguins, seals and other animals next year. “This ...

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Along the rocky and ice-free Antarctic coastline, chinstrap penguins by the millions form bustling breeding colonies - chaotic, noisy and, yes, smelly - every year, laying eggs in ...

Melbourne, Australia — An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday. The ...

Scientists from the Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre and the Korea Polar Research Institute have uncovered a fascinating survival tactic employed by Antarctic chinstrap penguins. Chinstrap penguins ...