Queensland could be facing hundreds of bird flu cases in a matter of weeks, according to an infectious disease expert who ...

The H5N1 virus can be fatal to cats and dogs but cases are infrequent and may be mistaken for other illnesses ...

Queensland's former chief scientist has encouraged the government to mobilise the state's bird-watching community as conservationists anxiously prepare for the possible arrival of the H5N1 bird flu ...

A drone mimicking a peregrine falcon is giving hope to farmers losing hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of strawberries to ravenous rainbow lorikeets. The robotic raptor has the same size, ...

The state’s first case of H5 bird flu, a virus which threatens to wipe out the poultry industry, has been confirmed in a dead petrel found on Moreton Island.

The spread of H5N1 birdflu is worsening. At the time of writing, Australia has 53 confirmed detections in wild seabirds across five states. In South Australia there are 39 confirmed cases, including a ...

A migratory bird that washed up dead on a Moreton Island beach has been confirmed as Queensland’s first case of bird flu.

A dead seabird, a petrel, that washed up on Moreton Island has tested positive for the H5 high pathogenicity avian influenza and is now undergoing further testing and the CSIRO’s Australian Centre for ...

Researchers in Queensland fitted five Australian magpies with tiny GPS trackers, hoping to map their movements and understand how age, sex or rank affected the way the flock behaved. The birds had ...