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H5N1 flu is now killing birds on the continent of Antarctica
A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of penguins and other seabirds ...
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Bird flu may have killed THOUSANDS of penguins in Antarctica: Researchers suspect outbreak of deadly H5N1 virus is behind deaths of around 530 - with many more feared to have died
Bird flu may have killed thousands of penguins in Antarctica, researchers have said as they probe a suspected outbreak of the deadly virus. A scientific expedition last month found at least 532 ...
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Antarctica and the Southern Ocean under attack
the entire Antarctic and Southern Ocean food chain could collapse, with devastating consequences that would be felt on a global scale. ANTARCTICA: THE FACTS Antarctic is the coldest, driest and ...
Southern elephant seals are adaptable—but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts
Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes ...
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Animal Migration
In fact, bird migration is probably the biological ... fat accumulated during their four-month stay in the icy Southern Ocean around Antarctica, where they skim the surface waters for zooplankton.
Mere whiff of penguin poo pushes krill to take frantic evasive action
Scientists have shown for the first time that Antarctic krill show a stereotypical reaction in the presence of guano from ...
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Inside Antarctica’s plague-infested penguin colonies
A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...