FIGAS Winter Flights Under Pressure: Camp residents say reduced FIGAS flying hours are making the islands feel even more cut off, with the winter programme now running from 11 May to 13 September 2026 on four days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday) and no-fly days Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday—while FIGAS insists emergency and essential flights will still be supported and engineering time is being protected for 1,000-hour maintenance and corrosion work. Cruise Health Alert: A suspected hantavirus outbreak linked to an Atlantic cruise has killed three people and sickened others, renewing focus on rodent-borne risks in wildlife-heavy travel. Polar Life Discovery: A Bristol PhD study reports thriving microscopic algae communities in snow and glaciers on remote Signy Island, including a glacier alga not previously recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. Bird News With Falklands Links: Darwin’s caracara is back in the spotlight after a reported “patient zero” hantavirus case tied to a trip for the rare bird—species that includes Falklands populations. Penguin Taxonomy Update: New genetic work argues gentoo penguins are four separate species, with some facing growing climate threats.