Seabirds such as wandering albatross could continue to bring the deadly H5N1 bird flu from the Antarctic outbreak to Australia.

Australia confirmed its first mainland H5N1 bird flu case in a seabird near Esperance, WA.

Wildlife groups say Australia is unprepared for the devastation the H5 bird flu virus has caused around the world.

Strain found in a migratory seabird in Western Australia. Authorities say there is no evidence of infections in poultry, while experts warn of risks to wildlife populations.

New Zealand needs to update its national pandemic plan, as a deadly bird flu virus hits Australia, a public health expert warns.

H5N1 bird flu has reached Australia, the last continent it had spared. It came from Antarctica via seabirds, and the next host to watch is wild ducks.

The H5N1 strain has been confirmed in a northern giant petrel, near where the virus was first detected in Western Australia.

The H5N1 variant of the virus was confirmed in a sick brown skua found on a remote beach near Esperance in Western Australia, about 700km southeast of Perth.

A second bird found sick on a remote beach in Western Australia's south coast has now tested positive for a deadly strain of bird flu, authorities have confirmed.

Six more birds are being tested as officials stress the outbreak appears isolated.

SYDNEY: Australia is checking for any sign of “entrenched” H5 bird flu in its wildlife after detecting the country’s first two cases, the government said Monday. Scientists…

The bird flu straing that arrived in Australia for the time last week has already caused the deaths of hundreds of millions of birds and mammals around the world.

On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia.

Seabirds such as wandering albatross could continue to bring the deadly H5N1 bird flu from the Antarctic outbreak to Australia.

Seabirds such as wandering albatross could continue to bring the deadly H5N1 bird flu from the Antarctic outbreak to Australia.

Two dead seabirds have been collected and are being tested for the H5N1 bird flu virus in South Australia, following Australia's first confirmed cases of the deadly variant this…

Lange blieb Down Under von der H5N1-Vogelgrippe verschont. Nun hat sich eine hochansteckende Virusvariante endgültig auf alle Kontinente der Erde ausgebreitet.

Reged Ahmad speaks to Graham Readfearn about how governments and wildlife experts alike are anxiously waiting to see if this is just the beginning

Ground-based surveillance and drone surveys are being carried out at sea lion breeding sites along South Australia's west and far west coasts, while testing frequency has been…

A deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, that has killed millions of wild and domestic birds and mammals across the globe, has for the first time reached Australia’s shores.…

SYDNEY: Scientists have detected the highly contagious H5 bird flu strain in a second Australian state, the nation’s agriculture minister said on Wednesday. Australia was for…