Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza now reported from a seabird on Heard Island

Big Ben on Heard Island, photograph by Barbara Wienecke ACAP Latest News has previously reported on the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Southern Elephant Seals on Australia’s Heard Island, following a summer 2025/26 expedition. New...
Back to Heard Island on V2 to test for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in seabirds and fur seals

RSV Nuyina at Heard Island in October 2025, photograph by Simon Payne Australia’s icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, has visited Heard Island for the second time this year, this time for a 25-day science and environmental management visit. The ship spent 10 days...
Bird flu confirmed in Southern Elephant Seals on Australia’s sub-Antarctic Heard Island

Heard Island, photograph by Barbara Wienecke The Australian Senator The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water and the Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry have announced that testing has confirmed the...
Avian Influenza suspected of reaching Australia’s sub-Antarctic Heard Island

“Heard Island and nearby McDonald Island are unoccupied by humans and remain one of the world's least anthropogenically disturbed areas”, photograph with a passing Wandering Albatross by Pete Harmsen, CSIRO Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has...
First survey of Heard Island in 20 years to take place this coming austral summer

A Black-browed Albatross feeds its chick on Heard Island, photograph by Roger Kirkwood During the 2025/26 austral summer, the Australian Antarctic Program will undertake two voyages to Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) using Australia's...
The Australian Antarctic Division hosted its annual morning tea to celebrate World Albatross Day and its 2025 theme “Effects of Disease” on 19 June

Staffers and guests at this year’s World Albatross Day morning tea at the Australian Antarctic Division on 19 June. Dr Christine Bogle, ACAP’s outgoing Executive Secretary, holds the World Albatross Day banner on the left, incoming ACAP Executive...

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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza now reported from a seabird on Heard Island

Back to Heard Island on V2 to test for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in seabirds and fur seals

Bird flu confirmed in Southern Elephant Seals on Australia’s sub-Antarctic Heard Island

Avian Influenza suspected of reaching Australia’s sub-Antarctic Heard Island

First survey of Heard Island in 20 years to take place this coming austral summer

The Australian Antarctic Division hosted its annual morning tea to celebrate World Albatross Day and its 2025 theme “Effects of Disease” on 19 June

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza now reported from a seabird on Heard Island

Back to Heard Island on V2 to test for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in seabirds and fur seals

Bird flu confirmed in Southern Elephant Seals on Australia’s sub-Antarctic Heard Island

Avian Influenza suspected of reaching Australia’s sub-Antarctic Heard Island

First survey of Heard Island in 20 years to take place this coming austral summer

The Australian Antarctic Division hosted its annual morning tea to celebrate World Albatross Day and its 2025 theme “Effects of Disease” on 19 June

The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

ACAP Secretariat

The Agreement on the
Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels