5-Feb-2026
#H5N1 causes die-off of Antarctic skuas, a seabird
#Skua deaths mark first #wildlife mortality due to #avianFlu
on #Antarctica
More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024. This marks the first documented die-off of wildlife from the virus on the continent, a study from Erasmus MC and UC Davis confirms.
The way we name animals is often silly and dumb and in no way represents what they are...
#Birds #etymology #wildlife #skua #albatross #penguin #auk #acids
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
#Skua #BirdsOfMastodon #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photo #Photography
Morning all. It’s Saturday and if I take the high road and you take the low road I’ll get to the weekend afore ye. A new poster for you. Have a good one! xx
#ukbirds #scotland 🪶 #illustration #birds #nature #sea #skua #handmade #wallart #poster #saturday
#Antarctica - #Influenza A #H5 viruses of high pathogenicity (2017-) - Immediate notification [FINAL], #WOAH: https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5599
-- A South Polar #skua was found dead and was collected by Argentinean scientists in the vicinity of the Argentinean Antarctic base "Primavera". The samples were sent to the Spanish Antarctic base "Gabriel de Castilla" where diagnosis was carried out by PCR and sequencing was performed to confirm the protease cleavage site (PLREKRRKR/GLF).
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J. Newton
Ryan Hodnett
Giuseppe Michieli
Edward Philips
David Mcmillan
Norbert Tretkowski
Heliograph
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Rich Stein (he/him)