Bird Flu's Grim Toll: A Warning for Australia's Wildlife The discovery of H5 bird flu in Australian wildlife has set off alarm bells among conservationists and scientists.
The immediate impact on penguin colonies is concerning, but it's also a harbinger of a far more devastating trend.
Volunteers at St Kilda colony are bracing themselves for the worst, estimating up to 40% of their little penguins could die from the virus.