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It’s estimated up to three billion animals were killed or displaced during the 2019 Black Summer bushfires. Now, ecologists fear for the survival of endangered species ahead of what’s predicted to be the most severe bushfire season since.
It’s estimated up to three billion animals were killed or displaced during the 2019 Black Summer bushfires. Now, ecologists fear for the survival of endangered species ahead of what’s predicted to be the most severe bushfire season since. One of those is the Greater Glider.
THE closure of the Bournemouth Civic Society will leave a hole in the town’s civic life.
Logging increases bush flammability for 30 years, research shows We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Logging of native forests makes them much more flammable and elevates the severity of bushfires when they occur, pushing some species closer to ecological collapse, according to a review of published science by two leading universities. The meta-study – which assessed 51 peer-reviewed papers – found logging increased the severity of forest fires from about 10 years after the trees are extracted with effects la...
Zooming in on the world of invertebrates An environmental scientist shares photos from the field. By Nick Porch from Deakin University Which animals are quintessentially Australian? Koalas and kangaroos, emus, tiger snakes and green tree frogs, echidnas and eastern rosellas, perhaps. And let’s not forget common wombats. Inevitably, most lists will be biased to the more conspicuous mammals and birds, hold fewer reptiles and frogs, and likely lack invertebrates — animals without a backbone or bony skeleton — altogether. I’m an invertophile, fascinated by our rich terrestrial invertebrat...