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The scene ends badly, as you might imagine.

H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.

It’s the latest sign of trouble for North Atlantic right whales, which are critically endangered. This was the second of the species to be found dead in the past few weeks.

Dead gentoo penguins tested positive for the virus, and at least one suspected case has been reported in king penguins.

Bay scallops brought prosperity and community to the people of Shelter Island. Today, most of the scallops are dead, but some fishermen keep looking for them.

Tissue samples from a polar bear that was found dead have tested positive for the virus.

The virus, which recently reached the Antarctic region for the first time, is surging again in North America.

At least 961 birds died in one night in Chicago after crashing into the windows of the McCormick Place Lakeside Center during the height of the fall migration.

The carcasses of at least 125 Amazon river dolphins have been found floating or beached after temperatures in Lake Tefé, Brazil, reached a staggering 39.1 degrees Celsius.

The effects of a summer of environmental catastrophes were felt everywhere in Canada, from its vast boreal forests to a river on Vancouver Island once fished by Hollywood royalty.