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Bird flu reaches Antarctica for the first time, raising fears of mass extinctions

Bird flu reaches Antarctica for the first time, raising fears of mass extinctions

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, has officially reached Antarctica for the first time, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Dead brown skua (Catharacta antarctica), a predatory seabird, have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus on Bird Island, a subantarctic island off the coast of Antarctica. The…

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