BAS operates two research stations on South Georgia, including one at Bird Island where the confirmed cases were identified. As result of the confirmed cases of HPAI, the majority of field work ...

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of ...

The scavenger brown skuas populations on Bird Island, South Georgia Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in brown skua populations on Bird Island, South Georgia. In response ...

South Georgia Island is isolated from the civilized ... All are located in field camps or at Bird Island, to the extreme north. Today, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is responsible for nearly ...

South Georgia Island is a remote and isolated place that ... Aside from penguins, the largest flying bird in the world — the wandering albatross, with a 10- to 12-foot wingspan — can be ...

The world's largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote British island of South Georgia, home to ...

Its shores are home to the largest number of marine birds and mammals ... forage around the island during the winter." From a wider conservation point of view, South Georgia is one of the world's ...