This 8-Part Sci-Fi Series Quietly Rewrites Ridley Scott's Biggest Horror Franchise

A unifying quality of the previous films in the Alien franchise is that they all focus on a “final girl,” a common hallmark of horror cinema. While Wendy might technically qualify for this description ...

Bird flu outbreak in California elephant seals prompts officials to cancel popular tours

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped ...

Thai officials rule out bird flu after an illness killed 72 tigers

Thai authorities said on Tuesday (February 24) that the death of over 70 tigers at a tiger sanctuary in northern Chiang Mai province was caused by canine distemper virus and other bacterial ...
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Avian Influenza Reaches the Deep South: H5N1 Confirmed in Antarctic Mass Die-Off

A March 2024 research expedition to Antarctica discovered the presence of the H5N1 'bird flu' virus in kelp gulls and Antarctic skuas.

Bird Flu Strikes California Elephant Seals for the First Time

A lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California, scientists announced ...

First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in northern elephant seals confirmed in California

Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California's Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary ...