Scientists have discovered sick and dead elephant seals on Heard Island and have collected samples for testing to confirm ...

Scientists have raised the alarm after signs of a deadly bird flu strain were observed on a remote sub-Antarctic island off ...

Suspected bird flu has reached Australia's sub-Antarctic Heard Island, with signs of the deadly H5 avian disease observed in ...

For years, illegal fishing vessels operated near Australia’s Heard and McDonald Islands. Here’s what happened after they were ...

But authorities said a confirmed case of bird flu there would not substantially increase the risk to Australia. The H5 virus ...

Australia's scientists observe signs pointing to the destructive H5 bird flu on Heard Island in the Southern Ocean, noted after unusual elephant seal deaths. Although not confirmed, such symptoms ...

The first case of suspected H5 bird flu has been detected in elephant seals on the Australian Antarctic Territory of Heard ...

Scientists have detected signs that the deadly H5 bird flu strain may have reached one of Australia's sub-Antarctic islands.

Australian scientists have observed signs consistent with H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in wildlife during a management voyage to sub-Antarctic Heard ...

Pacific harbor seals — the playful, whiskered charmers found along the West Coast from southern Alaska to Baja California — ...