Due to their size and tusks, walruses have only two natural predators – orcas and polar bears. The avian flu virus may now add to the list. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) Norwegian researchers report that the first case of a walrus infected with an avian flu virus has...
Argentinian scientists found two dead skuas near the “Primavera” station on the Antarctic Peninsula. At the Spanish research station on Deception Island, it was confirmed that they were carriers of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus. Photo: Michael Wenger...
Southern elephant seals crowd the beaches of South Georgia in their thousands, amidst penguins and with numerous seabirds as neighbors. However, this also brings them into quicker contact with the globally rampant HPAI H5N1 virus, which is now raging among seals....
Seabirds such as Brown Skuas travel great distances in the Southern Ocean and can thus carry pathogens such as HPAI-H5N1 from one corner to another. On Bird Island, suspected cases were investigated and forensically confirmed. Archive photo: Michael Wenger For some...
U.S. Station Palmer is one of three stations affected by the new USAP measures. Several penguin colonies are monitored in their vicinity, some for decades. And these are to be protected from the avian flu virus. (Photo: Michael Wenger) No visiting any seabird colony...
