During Question Time on Monday, Agriculture Minister Julie Collins fielded a Dorothy Dixer about bolstering “Australia’s preparedness” for dealing with pests and diseases and its importance to “our ...

Australia said on Friday that scientists had seen symptoms consistent with the destructive H5 bird flu strain on its sub-Antarctic Heard Island in the Southern Ocean, after unusual levels of deaths of ...

Experts explain how the virus could spread, though the agriculture department says island cases are unlikely to greatly raise mainland risk. Scientists have detected signs the deadly H5 bird flu ...

Scientists who spent 10 days there found healthy animals until late in their trip when they encountered hundreds of dead elephant seal pups. Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups ...

Wildlife scientists aboard Australia's icebreaker believe a deadly strain of bird flu has reached the sub-Antarctic Heard Island after they witnessed unusual levels of mortality in elephant seals. The ...

CANBERRA/SYDNEY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by a destructive bird flu ...

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Australian scientists on board the RSV Nuyina raised the alarm of a possible H5 avian influenza (bird flu) strain being found on Heard Island after observing unusual levels of mortality in the seals ...