{
  "id": 19473756,
  "title": "Bird flu has caused catastrophic die-offs – could a wave of extinctions follow?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/bird-flu-has-caused-catastrophic-die-offs-could-a-wave-of-extinctions",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T09:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/11/wildlife-bird-flu-killed-millions-animals-iucn-endangered-red-list-aoe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As the IUCN global conservation body prepares to update its red list of endangered species, scientists explain why calculating the true toll of a pandemic is so hard It began with the brown skuas. The migratory seabirds had arrived on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia in 2023, harbouring a deadly passenger. Within months, the southern elephant seals that had come ashore to breed became…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}