Bird flu has caused catastrophic die-offs – could a wave of extinctions follow?
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Scientists have stated that the H5N1 virus threatens at least 40 bird species and other living things, bringing some species to the brink of extinction. Following these heavy losses, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated the conservation status of the southern elephant seal to "vulnerable".
The H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has swept the globe, continues to devastate unique ecosystems around Antarctica. The outbreak, which has already killed over 53,000 female elephant seals on South Georgia Island, pushing the species into the "vulnerable" category, now threatens Macquarie Island, the last major unaffected sanctuary on Earth.
Scientists have stated that at least 40 bird species are threatened by the virus, warning that the outbreak could bring some species to the brink of extinction.
Bird flu has caused catastrophic die-offs – could a wave of extinctions follow?
As the IUCN global conservation body prepares to update its red list of endangered species, scientists explain why calculating the true toll of a pandemic is so hard It began with the brown skuas. The migratory seabirds had arrived on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in 2023, harbouring a deadly passenger. Within months, the…
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