How bushfires and rain turned our waterways into ‘cake mix’, and what we can do about it

Tonnes of ash, sediment and debris were washed into creeks and the Murray River. Steep terrain within burnt regions of the upper Murray catchment …

‘This crisis has been unfolding for years’: 4 photos of Australia from space, before and after the bushfires

Simply Put: Bushfires in Australia

Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke

The Australian bushfire is wreaking havoc on the fauna of the country

Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before. They could do it again

Australia is one of only 17 'megadiverse' countries, much of which is concentrated in areas torched by the current fires

Summer bushfires: How are the plant and animal survivors 6 months on? We mapped their recovery

Australia roared into 2020 as a land on fire. The human and property loss was staggering, but the damage to nature was equally hard to fathom

Nearly 3 bln animals perished in Australian bushfires: WWF study

An estimated 143 million mammals, 180 million birds, 51 million frogs and 2.5 billion reptiles affected

How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia

A guide to help Australians and their overseas family and friends source useful information and monitor 

The mystery of the mouse that died of smoke inhalation, but went nowhere near a fire

The mice didn’t die immediately after inhaling the smoke. When temperatures in Canberra spiked at more than 40℃, they went into …

Drought, climate change were kindling; now Australia's east coast ablaze

Most tragic losses in northern NSW: 970,000 hectares burned, 3 dead, at least 150 homes destroyed

‘Jewel of nature’: Scientists fight to save a glittering green bee after the summer fires

Last summer’s catastrophic bushfires significantly increased the risk of local extinctions of this magnificent species

'Australia must sign a treaty with its First People'

Aboriginal activist Lidia Thorpe says a treaty is the only way to bring closure to Australia, which is after all, a settler-colonial project

Climate change: Will it spur the next financial crisis

BIS, the umbrella organisation of central banks, recently warned on global financial stability

A season in hell: Bushfires push at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction

Burnt species include the long-footed potoroo, Kangaroo Island’s glossy black-cockatoo and the Spring midge orchid

Strength from perpetual grief: How Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis

Any bushfire recovery policy must be culturally sensitive to the aboriginal people

How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050

Biodiversity loss is a disturbing threat with few parallels. Of the nine greatest threats to the world ranked by the World Economic Forum, six …

Forest fires: Have we reached a tipping point

What does the ongoing Australian bushfires indicate? DTE asks atmospheric scientist Michael Mann