Sydney (AFP) – A pathogenic strain of bird flu killed more than 13,000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists said Thursday.

Testing confirms spread of deadly H5N1 virus on the subantarctic Heard Island, about 4,000km south-west of Perth Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bird flu has killed thousands of southern elephant seal pups on remote Antarctic islands belonging to Australia, new research has ...

Bird flu has killed thousands of southern elephant seal pups on remote Antarctic islands belonging to Australia, new research has shown. Heard and McDonald Islands, about 4,000 km (2,485 miles) ...

The H5 strain of bird flu was first detected on Heard Island in the Southern Ocean late last year, when researchers said hundreds of southern elephant seal pups had been found dead. But new research ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The gentoo penguins living on Heard Island could be a separate species. (Getty) Since the first gentoo penguins were ...

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