Australian Antarctic Program scientists say virus on Heard Island has spread to new species ...

A new study found that thousands of penguins have been killed by pumas over a four-year period, but most were left partly ...

Even when temperatures drop below zero degrees Fahrenheit in the frigid Antarctic, emperor penguins can stay toasty warm. The ...

The winter birds are such creatures, as you aren't told what makes a winter bird different from a normal bird. It's a subtle ...

The Council of Ministers has declared the Humboldt Penguin a Natural Monument, prohibiting its capture and mistreatment ...

More than 16,000 toy bricks have been used to create a new penguin-themed trail at Birdworld for the February half-term break ...

Preliminary test results have confirmed H5 avian influenza (H5 bird flu) in additional wildlife species on Australia's sub-Antarctic external ...

Discover Birdworld’s half-term penguin trail, featuring brick sculptures of Squid the Humboldt penguin and friends. Family fun in Farnham, 14–22 February.

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

This is Deception Island — an active volcano that acts like it could erupt at any moment. It spews ash and lava into the surrounding ocean, and steam rises from the shore of its black sand beach. Yet ...

A Tasman Peninsula community group fears the little penguin colony at Pirates Bay could “disappear” without a stricter plan to curb harmful visitor behaviour.

The detection of bird flu on a remote Australian territory has prompted warnings to prepare for a potential outbreak of the pathogenic disease.