As global temperatures rise, Arctic birds are breeding earlier than they did in previous decades. However, the reverse is true in Antarctica, new research shows. “In the Arctic, spring basically comes ...

The first cases of bird flu have been detected in seabirds in the Antarctic, according to the British Antarctic Survey, raising fears the disease will spread rapidly through dense colonies of birds ...

Picture Antarctica today and what comes to mind? Large ice floes bobbing in the Southern Ocean? Maybe a remote outpost populated with scientists from around the world? Or perhaps colonies of penguins ...

Antarctica's isolated population of wildlife faces an unprecedented threat: avian flu. The lethal variant of avian flu, H5N1, has made its way to populations of brown skuas on Bird Island, part of the ...

The world's worst bird flu outbreak has spread to the tip of South America, within striking distance of Antarctica - Copyright AFP/File NOEL CELIS The world's worst ...

Anyone who has seen the documentary "March of the Penguins" (also known as the best movie ever) knows how rough polar life can be. Polar seabirds are adapted to withstand the Antarctic's uniquely ...

A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region's huge penguin colonies. "This discovery ...

Antarctic birds also flourished there, including early penguin species and the extinct relatives of ducks and ostriches. Pelagornithids would have existed in this ecosystem alongside the others, ...

As their name suggests, these ancient birds had sharp, bony spikes protruding from sawlike jaws. Resembling teeth, these spikes would have helped them catch squid or fish. We also studied another ...