Beneath the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, scientists discovered a vast, organized city of fish nests revealed after the ...

Scientists found thousands of patterned fish nests in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, boosting calls for marine protected areas.

In a remote part of Antarctica's western Weddell Sea, an area once hidden beneath a 200-meter-thick ice shelf, scientists ...

For years, illegal fishing vessels operated near Australia’s Heard and McDonald Islands. Here’s what happened after they were ...

The arrival of the deadly H5 strain in Australia is considered inevitable despite the remoteness of Heard Island, where unusual numbers of seal pups have died ...

Scientists suspect a deadly strain of bird flu, H5N1, has infected wildlife on Heard Island after observing a high mortality ...

The virulent H5N1 strain has caused millions of deaths among wild birds and mammals since 2021, also affecting poultry and ...

Signs of a strain of bird flu, which has ravaged other countries, may have been observed on an Australian island.

Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by a destructive bird flu that has swept most of the planet, ...

Joint DAFF & DCCEEW media statementAustralian scientists have observed signs consistent with H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in wildlife during a management voyage to sub-Antarctic Heard Island.At this ...

A deadly strain of bird flu has potentially reached one of Australia’s sub-Antarctic islands, sparking dire biosecurity fears ...