A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a ...

The department of forestry, fisheries and environment has confirmed the presence of the high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus on South Africa’s sub-Antarctic territory of Marion Island.

Experts warn that South Africa is on the brink of an avian influenza disaster, urging the government to act swiftly to ...

Wild animals adapted to extreme environments, such as hibernating bears, sub-Antarctic birds or deep-sea worms, hold molecular secrets that could revolutionize medicine. Now, researchers have ...

The virus has claimed 150 wandering albatross chicks, but adults in other species are a bigger concern, says the Department ...

The deadly H5N1 strain is spreading rapidly in the Antarctic, potentially threatening the world’s largest breeding population of wandering albatrosses on South Africa’s Marion Island. Today, 19 March, ...

The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New ...

The site, located in the south Atlantic, is one of the least-disrupted island and marine ecosystems in the cool temperate zone. The spectacular cliffs of Gough and Inaccessible Islands, towering above ...

"Moo Deng Vs. Pesto," a new show by White Mouse Productions, gives audiences a sparkling, comedic take on social media fame, ...

Australia’s remote, uninhabited islands in the Antarctic and a tiny territory with barely any exports woke up on Thursday (April 3) to find themselves caught up alongside global heavyweights in U.S.