Home / ScienceScienceBBCScienceBBC·Jun 18, 2026·1 min readBird flu kills more than 75% of baby seals on remote Australian island, study findsScientists say 13,000 southern elephant seal pups on Heard Island have died of the H5N1 strain.View original source — BBC ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesScienceBangkok PostScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minBird flu kills 13,000 seal pups on remote Australian islandBangkok PostHealthABC NewsHealthJun 17, 2026 · 1 minBird flu kills thousands of baby seals on remote Australian islandABC NewsScienceThe GuardianScienceJun 18, 2026 · 1 minMore than 13,000 seal pups die on remote Australian island amid bird flu outbreakThe GuardianHealthABC NewsHealthJun 20, 2026 · 1 minBird flu could be catastrophic for nation's vulnerable species, experts warnABC News
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