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Skua deaths mark first wildlife die-off due to avian flu on Antarctica
- February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, marking the first documented die-off of wildlife from the virus on the continent. That is confirmed for the first time in a study led by Erasmus MC in The Netherlands and the University of California, Davis. It was published this week in the journal Scientific Reports.
Originally published at Phys.org