Bird flu has caused catastrophic die-offs – could a wave of extinctions follow?
THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — As the IUCN global conservation body prepares to update its red list of endangered species, scientists explain why calculating the true toll of a pandemic is so hard It began with the brown skuas. The migratory seabirds had arrived on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in 2023, harbouring a deadly passenger.…
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- The Guardian — Environment
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- 11 November 2026 · 09:00 UTC
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- 11 November 2026 · 09:15 UTC
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