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A Black-browed Albatross on Macquarie Island, photograph by Melanie Wells The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has decided to temporarily withdraw all 24 people , including field researchers, currently...
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- Author: John Cooper
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A report produced by the OFFLU Wildlife Technical Activity and released jointly by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) updates the occurrence of High Pathogenicity Avian...
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- Author: John Cooper
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has reached the Australian mainland. At least four giant petrels Macronectes spp. and a Brown or Subantarctic Skua Catharacta antarctica found dead on Australian beaches in Western Australia, South Australia and...
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- Author: John Cooper
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Two Endangered Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses Thalassarche chlororhynchos fly past Gough Island, artwork by Deepti Singh of Artists & Biologists Unite for Nature (ABUN) for World Albatross Day 2026; after photographs by Chris Jones and Laurie...
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Patricia Pereira Serafini, Richard Phillips and Marco Favero, Swakopmund, Namibia, photograph by Barry Baker On the second day of the 15th Meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee (AC15) in Swakopmund, Namibia, the attending delegates and observers heard...
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- Author: John Cooper
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Big Ben on Heard Island, photograph by Barbara Wienecke ACAP Latest News has previously reported on the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Southern Elephant Seals on Australia’s Heard Island, following a summer 2025/26 expedition. New...
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RSV Nuyina at Heard Island in October 2025, photograph by Simon Payne Australia’s icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, has visited Heard Island for the second time this year, this time for a 25-day science and environmental management visit. The ship spent 10 days...
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- Author: John Cooper
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Heard Island, photograph by Barbara Wienecke The Australian Senator The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water and the Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry have announced that testing has confirmed the...
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- Author: John Cooper
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“Heard Island and nearby McDonald Island are unoccupied by humans and remain one of the world's least anthropogenically disturbed areas”, photograph with a passing Wandering Albatross by Pete Harmsen, CSIRO Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has...
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- Author: John Cooper
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A Black-browed Albatross feeds its chick on Heard Island, photograph by Roger Kirkwood During the 2025/26 austral summer, the Australian Antarctic Program will undertake two voyages to Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) using Australia's...
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- Author: John Cooper
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