Australia confirms its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a seabird near Esperance, Western Australia, meaning the virus has now reached every continent.

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

Birds infected with a deadly type of bird flu have been found in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. Where else could birds carrying the virus land?

Scientists have detected the highly contagious H5 bird flu in an Australian seabird for the first time, the government said ...

The detection of bird flu in a local species is a dramatic escalation, with experts warning the virus may now spread across ...

What is the virus? Where did it come from? Are humans at risk? What does it mean for the agricultural sector and wildlife? Experts answer your questions ...

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 ...

On Saturday, a suspected case of deadly [H5 bird flu], also known as high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, was confirmed in a brown skua. This large seabird was found in Cape Le Grand ...

SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday. A migratory sea bird ...

H5N1 bird flu has reached Australia, the last continent it had spared. It came from Antarctica via seabirds, and the next ...

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only countries free from the infection, but this will no doubt change. Known as ...

Scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies. For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to ...