4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (361+ words) Three cases of dead birds in the Shoalhaven testing positive to H5 bird flu have resulted in people being urged to report any sick or dead birds they find. But that task is about to get a lot more complicated. Short-tailed…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (848+ words) Eve Butts has lived in Sandbridge for more than three decades, and visited often before that. Over the years, one of her favorite beachgoing pastimes became watching the shorebirds that would flock to the area and poke around the shoreline,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (494+ words) Port Stephens-based Wildlife in Need of Care receives about 50 requests a week to help sick and injured animals. With the support of other groups and agencies, the group's 61 volunteer carers do their best to respond to each request for assistance....

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1025+ words) August 30, 2026 — 5:00am Federal funding to combat the deadly bird flu gripping Australia is being disproportionately spent on biosecurity measures including for commercial chicken farms, rather than defending threatened native populations, animal groups have warned. The Invasive Species Council called the $20 million…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (873+ words) The world's smallest penguin is under a big threat. For little penguins, Eudyptula minor, who call Phillip Island off the southeast coast of Australia home, an invasion of highly contagious bird flu is putting their colonies in danger. Australia is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (226+ words) On Phillip Island in the Australian state of Victoria, about a thousand little penguins have received the first dose of a vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza. Authorities plan to vaccinate 5,000 birds on Phillip Island and in St Kilda, ABC News Australia…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (336+ words) The nightly parade of penguins on Phillip Island is a tourist favourite, but has recently taken on a more serious tone. As the little penguins toddled up the Victorian beach on Sunday night, many were corralled into pens to receive…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (294+ words) It is the world's biggest single colony of little penguins, which have a life span of about six years with habitats in southern Australia -- mostly Tasmania -- and New Zealand. Also known as fairy penguins, they are the tiniest species of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (239+ words) Authorities in South Australia are considering vaccinating certain bird species, including little penguins, in the wake of a mass bird die-off believed to be linked to the H5N1 virus. Three incidents of mass deaths of crested terns, affecting more than 1,000 birds,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (288+ words) South Australians with pet birds or backyard poultry can join an information session and hear directly from leading experts about SA's H5 bird flu response. The online forum will provide an opportunity for owners to learn more about how to protect…...