When news broke over the weekend that Australia's first mainland case of bird flu in a mammal—the death of a long-nosed fur seal—had been detected, I felt deep sadness and dread for what's likely to come next. We should expect large-scale deaths of mammals, in addition to birds.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-08-australia-bird-flu-response-late.html)