Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. The study is published in the ...

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Around 100 species of native wildlife are on a list of species under significant threat from the deadly strain of bird flu that arrived in Australia for the time last week.

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Australia's native duck species were already threatened by urban sprawl, climate change, hunting and habitat degradation. Now H5N1 bird flu has been discovered on our shores.

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study has shown. Australia has over 750 native bird species. But many of them are facing an ...