Avian flu affecting the remote St Kilda archipelago threatens to push a wild bird species to the brink of extinction, warn conservationists. Great skua - also known as bonxie - are described as ...

Swooping towards the ground with its wings outstretched, this Skua was captured as it prepared to strike with deadly precision. The predatory bird was seen biding its time before it dived towards a ...

In October, the first ever recorded case of bird flu in the Antarctic region was detected in brown skua birds. OFFLU, A network of scientists from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and ...

The number of Falkland Islands skua has declined by almost half in just five years, a survey of the bird's largest breeding ground reveals. It is unclear why the population has crashed on New Island, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two brown skua birds, brown gull type birds, with sharp beaks and webbed feet, stand on green and brown cliffs on Bird Island, ...

Scientists are concerned after confirming the first-ever known cases of the bird flu in the Antarctic region, a discovery that illustrates the sweeping impact of the virus that has killed hundreds of ...

Aggressive and with a tendency to launch savage attacks on its feathered friends, stealing their food and sometimes eating them, has earned the great skua has earned the nickname Pirate of the Seas.

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