Bird flu is circulating among birds on the Australian mainland. So, with the confirmed number of detections growing, you may be wondering about the risk of birds infecting humans. So far in 2026, no ...

Like a dark cloud of pestilence spreading across the globe in a science fiction movie, a highly contagious, fatal strain of ...

Australia warned on Monday against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after its first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of ...

With bird flu now being detected in dolphins, scientists are being evacuated from a remote Australian territory to protect them from psychological distress.

A migratory bird found on a remote beach in Western Australia has brought the deadly H5 variant of bird flu into the country for the first time. Australia, which was the last continent in the world ...

Australia confronts a rapidly evolving outbreak of H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu). The outbreak began in late June, when two infected migratory seabirds were found on a remote beach in Western ...

Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said the CSIRO had confirmed a mass mortality event has occurred with the greater crested terns species in South Australia. “CSIRO laboratory testing has now ...

The detection of a deadly strain of bird flu in seals in Australia may have you wondering about the risk to humans. Although H5N1 has previously spread to mammals elsewhere in the world, the chance of ...

Bird flu has quickly spread around Australia since it was first detected in mid-June. As predicted, it spread from Antarctica to offshore Australia and then from beaches to inland waterways. As of ...