India, Jan. 30 -- The highly infectious avian influenza strain H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has killed millions of birds and mammals across the globe

Weeks after scientists suspected and confirmed deaths of elephant and fur seals due to bird flu in the British Overseas Territory (BOT) of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica, there are now reports of at least three penguin deaths from the region.

A King penguin death was recorded on South Georgia island, according to the latest update from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). A gentoo penguin was also suspected to have died from H5N1 at the same location.

Another gentoo penguin is confirmed to have died of bird flu on Sea Lion island in the Falklands, an...