King penguins at sunset. Taken at The Neck on Saunders Island in the Falklands #birds #seabirds #penguins #falklandislands #theneck #kingpenguins #seabirdgroup #stanley #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #wildlife #nature #subantarcticislands #saundersisland

Scratching king penguin at Surf Bay in the Falkland Islands #birds #seabirds #penguins #falklandislands #yorkebay #kingpenguins #seabirdgroup #stanley #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #wildlife #nature #subantarcticislands

Moulting king penguin at Surf Bay in the Falkland Islands #birds #seabirds #penguins #falklandislands #yorkebay #kingpenguins #seabirdgroup #stanley #southatlantic #rspb #natgeo #surfbay #wildlife #nature #subantarcticislands

Dr Richard Marchant | Restoring the Flow: Stream Life Slowly Returns After Rabbit Eradication on Macquarie Island • scientia.global The remote streams of subantarctic Macquarie Island are home to low diversity freshwater invertebrate communities with an unusual taxonomic composition. However, over a century of grazing by introduce...

After rabbit eradication on Macquarie Island, streams are healing and life is returning. Dr Richard Marchant's research shows native species bouncing back but warns recovery is slow and fragile. Biosecurity remains critical. www.scientia.global/dr-richard-m... #SubantarcticIslands

'Unprecedented and alarming': Bird flu has morphed to wipe out seals Australia is surrounded by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever closer to these shores.

#H5N1 #BirdFlu #Antarctica #pandemic

Evidence that the #virus has spread into all #sealspecies on the #continent & #subantarcticislands. #distressing #alarming

#skuas #penguins #albatross #seals #Kerguelen #Crozet #SouthGeorgia #Heard #Macquarie #SouthernOcean
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