Deadly bird flu detected in local bird as NSW seal tests negative

The detection of bird flu in a local species is a dramatic escalation, with experts warning the virus may now spread across ...
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Bird flu spreads to native animal for the first time

A South Australian seabird has become the first native bird to have H5 bird flu, weeks after migratory birds carrying the ...

Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia’s bird flu response. Three experts explain

Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected ...

In 1859, Australia released 13 rabbits for hunting. Decades later, they created one of the world’s worst invasive species crises

When European rabbits arrived in Australia in the 19th century, they were brought in as familiar game animals for hunting ...

First case of bird flu detected in local wildlife

Agriculture Minister Julie Collins has confirmed the first domestic case of H5 bird flu that has not come from a migratory ...

H5N1 bird flu a deadly threat to native duck species already menaced from all angles

Australia's native duck species were already threatened by urban sprawl, climate change, hunting and habitat degradation. Now ...

Why bird flu poses a high risk to many Australian native mammals

While birds are the most likely victims of the deadly strain of bird flu, researchers are also sounding the alarm for native mammals and marsupial species. These are some of the steps being taken to ...

Deadly H5N1 bird flu case detected in Australian seabird for the first time

Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said on Friday that a greater crested tern, a common coastal seabird, had tested ...

State confirms first bird flu case

Health officials confirmed the first case of avian influenza had been detected in NSW, with animal experts revealing their ...

Bird flu: the very latest and all you need to know

Surfers were the first to come into contact with South Australia’s first case of H5 bird flu. Picture 7NEWS The nation’s ...

Bird flu has spread to two Australian states. Here’s how it could accelerate our extinction crisis

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in ...

Deadly bird flu puts 100 species of Australia’s ‘isolated’ wildlife at risk of mass deaths

Around 100 species of native wildlife are on a list of species under significant threat from the deadly strain of bird flu that arrived in Australia for the time last week.