Since last spring, the HPAI H5N1 virus, which is highly contagious to birds, may have ravaged Greenland’s bird colonies, at least on the west coast. But many colonies are so remote that it is not clear how large the number of dead birds might actually be. Image:...
One of the bird species that could bring the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza virus from the north is the Arctic tern, which migrates toward Antarctica every northern autumn, making one of the longest documented animal migrations. Image: Dr Michael Wenger In...
Diese Eismöwe hatte die Vogelgrippe. Noch nie zuvor wurde das Virus so weit im Norden nachgewiesen. (Foto: Governor of Svalbard) Auf Spitzbergen wurde erstmals die Vogelgrippe nachgewiesen. Laut Knut Madslien, Leiter der Abteilung Wildtiergesundheit am norwegischen...
