Australia's Federation University said it discovered at least 532 dead Adelie penguins during a scientific expedition last month. Although the H5N1 avian influenza virus is suspected, tests at the site were inconclusive, so samples will be sent to a research facility with results expected within a few months.
Adelie penguins have been found dead on Heroina Island, but the survey was unable to count all the bodies, said Megan Dewar, a wildlife biologist at Union University. However, it is estimated that thousands of birds died over several weeks to months.
Approximately 280,000 Adelie penguins breed on the island each year, and according to British research expeditions, approximately 20 million pairs of penguins breed in Antarctica each year.
Dewar expressed concern that the emperor penguin, which is threatened with extinction by the end of the century, “may be affected by next spring.”
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