Scientists have identified a new way for an aggressive strain of bird flu to enter Australia, via the habit of some migratory birds of harassing other birds and stealing their food and potentially their viruses. Australia is the only continent to have so far escaped a virulent H5N1 strain of avian flu – known as […]
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The Unseen Avian Flu Threatening Our World And Wildlife
In a scene reminiscent of a doomsday movie, the beaches of Valdes Peninsula in Argentina, once teeming with elephant seals, lay barren, littered with carcasses. This grim spectacle is a stark reminder of an unseen enemy: a powerful strain of avian influenza, now ravaging 320 bird and mammal species globally, including elephant seals. This avian […]