The Galapagos National Park said Tuesday that it had detected its first cases of avian flu on the remote islands, home to unique bird species that helped inspire the theory of evolution.
Three positive cases of the H5N1 virus were detected after reports of visibly sick birds on the islands, the park said in a statement.
English naturalist Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution after studying finches and mockingbirds on the Galapagos islands in 1835. Ecuadoran authorities said in December they had put in place a monitoring system on the Galapagos as a globalThe H5N1 bird flu has typically been confined to seasonal outbreaks, but since 2021 cases have emerged year-round, and across the globe, leading to what experts say is the largest outbreak ever seen.
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