Antarctic Penguin Die-Off First Blamed on Bird Flu Was Mostly Avian Cholera, New Study Finds
Nature World News | 16.10.2026 22:01
Thousands of Adélie penguins found dead on two remote Antarctic islands in 2024 were mostly killed by avian cholera, a bacterial disease, rather than the H5N1 bird flu that scientists first suspected. The findings were published Oct. 14 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B by an international team led by Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
