The fires in Australia have killed an estimated 1 billion animals on land, but experts say the environmental damages will also reach underwater ecosystems. When rains come, the resulting runoff will ...

Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world's species of animals, birds, plants and insects—between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% ...

Bush fire season is underway again in Australia, where summer has just kicked off. Yet the country is still recovering from record-breaking wildfires two years ago that killed at least 33 people, ...

Javiera Olivares-Rojas received funding from the National Environmental Science Science Program Threatened Species Recovery Hub, Project 7.6, to conduct this work. Jessica Walsh receives funding from ...

Australia's environment improved slightly in 2024, marking the fourth consecutive year of above-average conditions, but major challenges remain following a year of record-breaking heat, mass coral ...

Australia’s forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and scientists say the landscape is being permanently altered as a warming climate brings profound changes to the island ...