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Wombat burrows provide refuge from fires
A new study has found wildlife use wombat burrows for vital shelter, food and even drinking water, during and after a bushfire.
Tag: bushfires
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Endangered western whipbird returns to Kangaroo Island after bushfires
The elusive Kangaroo Island western whipbird has been seen on the island’s western habitat for the first time in four years, says the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.
Opinion & Analysis
OPINION: Recalling the inferno
There’s no better motivation for leaving fossil fuels in the ground than the scars left by Black Summer, writes emergency management expert, Brenton Keen.
Science & Environment
Did smoke from the Black Summer fires give rise to the triple La Nina?
The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for the first time in memory. By some estimates, a billion native animals died up and down Australia’s east coast. Dozens of people died. Did it also give rise to the triple La Nina?
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After flooding rains come fires
More catastrophic bushfire seasons are being predicted, despite two years of deluges along the eastern seaboard.
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Search finds rare subalpine plants survived Australia’s bushfires
A search for rare plants in Australia’s subalpine region has found small populations of all five target species.
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Ancient food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of Aboriginal people’s resilience
For 65,000 years, Bininj – the local Kundjeihmi word for Aboriginal people – have returned to Madjedbebe rock shelter on Mirarr Country in the Kakadu region (in the Northern Territory).
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Spotted tree frogs released back into Kosciuszko National Park after species nearly wiped out by bushfires
Eighty critically endangered spotted tree frogs have been released back into the wild in New South Wales after only about 10 survived the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires.
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These new ‘flat-pack’ homes are made to protect wildlife from bushfire aftermath
A cardboard housing estate on a headland in Sydney could prove a game-changer for native animals that lose their natural homes in bushfires.
Science & Environment
Eucalyptus and the ancient kingdom of fire
Author Ashley Hay tells the story of why the eucalyptus tree has defined a continent for millennia.