Over the past three years, a highly contagious, often deadly form of bird flu has taken a staggering toll on animals around the globe. The virus, known as H5N1, has infected birds in more than 80 countries. It has infiltrated big commercial poultry farms and tiny backyard henhouses, affecting 72 million farmed birds in the United States alone, according to the Department of Agriculture. It has struck a wide range of wild bird species, killing gulls and terns by the thousands. And it has turned u
Avian flu has made its chilling debut in Antarctica, sparking concerns for the vulnerable populations of penguins and seals that have never encountered the deadly H5N1 virus before
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