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South Georgia Island - Untamed wildlife paradise at the edge of the world

South Georgia Island is wild, freezing, and remote - yet it's home to some of the most incredible wildlife spectacles on ...
Los Angeles Times

Bird flu slams seals and sea lions at the bottom of the world but spares Pacific Coast so far

H5N1 bird flu is devastating marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some elephant seal colonies suffering up to 97% pup mortality since 2022. Breeding elephant seals on South Georgia Island ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest

In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to the world’s largest southern elephant seal population—has been transformed. Drone images of the ...
The New York Times

Bird Flu Ravaged the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Study Finds

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared. Many southern elephant seals breed on the beaches of South Georgia island ...
Space.com

See the world's largest iceberg stranded in the South Atlantic (satellite photo)

The massive Antarctic iceberg A-23A has been stuck off the coast of South Georgia Island since February. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...