The first mass mortality event in Australia ‌from H5 bird flu has occurred in a large group of native seabirds in the state of South Australia, the federal government said on Monday. Laboratory ...

Authorities in the state have confirmed the ominous milestone in the spread of the deadly new strain, after two greater crested terns were killed. The birds were discovered in opposite areas of NSW, ...

Two native wild birds have been found in NSW with the deadly H5 bird flu, in a first for the state. The state's first cases in migratory birds were recorded in early July on the Mid North Coast.

Tasmania has detected four cases of the deadly H5 strain of bird flu. The first case was confirmed on Thursday in a brown skua at Rocky Cape on the north-west coast, and a crested tern on King Island ...

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SYDNEY – Australia warned on Aug 3 against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after its first mass-mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south ...

As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...

When Maureen Christie, 82, gets onto the subject of birds, her delight and wonderment are childlike and infectious. “I’m a fairly compulsive person,” she says, “and so it wasn’t long before birds took ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Australian authorities have warned that more mass bird deaths are likely after the country confirmed its first large-scale wildlife mortality event caused by the highly pathogenic ...

A dire warning has been issued in the wake of Australia’s first mass mortality event due to a “very contagious” disease. This week, the CSIRO confirmed a mass mortality event had occurred with the ...

Three crested terns in Portland and two in Nelson Bay have returned positive results during preliminary testing, adding to earlier detections. Alongside one existing confirmed positive case, the ...

South Australia may be facing Australia’s first mass wildlife death event linked to H5N1 bird flu. More than 80 sick or dying greater crested terns have been found on an island off the South ...