A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of penguins and other seabirds

The ongoing bird flu outbreak has led to wild bird deaths, slaughtered livestock, and hazardous conditions for dairy industry workers.

H5N1, which was first detected in 1996 in China and was found in the United States in 2022, has affected 160 million poultry across the nation. In Michigan, it's also been found in red foxes, possums, racoons, coyotes, dairy cattle and two humans.