On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after ...

Bird flu devastated South Georgia's southern elephant seal population, killing 47% of breeding females, about 53,000 seals, since 2023. Researchers used hand-launched drones to survey the island's ...

The federal government says testing confirms the presence of avian influenza in samples collected from southern elephant seals on Heard Island — a sub-Antarctic Australian external territory.

It can hold its breath for as long as two hours, and slow its heart rate to conserve oxygen.

Samples were collected from the animals during a voyage to the island for the Australian Antarctic Program. Scientists observed unusual levels of mortality in elephant seals but not in other species.

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An aerial survey of South Georgia island has discovered southern elephant seal populations have plummeted by an unprecedented 47 per cent. Source: BAS Cruising high over a remote sub-Antarctic island, ...

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Australian authorities have confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 is responsible for the recent unexplained deaths of southern elephant seals on Heard Island in the southern ...