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 increased in...

Testing is still under way on a second bird after Australia's first case of the deadly H5 bird flu was confirmed on WA's south coast.

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.

Poultry producer Inghams announces move after brown skua confirmed to have virus and petrel being tested, in first cases seen on Australia’s mainland

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…

One of the nation’s biggest chicken producers has locked down its west coast farms as a second case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in Western Australia.

Producers across an enormous stretch of southern WA are facing a tense few days, as authorities investigate more than 50 dead birds found along the state's southern coast.

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

The desperate effort to prevent a bird flu outbreak has widened, with authorities testing two dead seabirds found in South 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…

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Australia's largest chicken meat buyer, Papua New Guinea, suspends Australian poultry and egg imports due to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak, even though Australian authorities say…

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…

The latest suspected case is in a migratory bird that has been found dead further up the coast than Esperance, where the first and second cases were discovered.

A third confirmed case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu has been found in a migratory bird on Australia's southern coast.

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…

SYDNEY, June 24 — Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing after a second state reported a case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu, while neighbouring...

Australia is facing a new biosecurity challenge after the detection of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu strain in migratory seabirds. The discovery ends years of Australia being…