Bushfires are strongly driven by weather: hot, dry and windy conditions can combine to create the perfect environment for flames to spread across the landscape. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

NT Fire and Emergency Services (NTFES) has launched the Northern Territory Strategic Bushfire Management Plan, here strengthening the Territory's ...

A UNSW Canberra researcher has developed a world-first warning system for extreme bushfires that can be an invaluable tool for firefighting services. The new warning system, developed by Adjunct ...

When devastating bushfires forced animals to flee their homes, a pregnant alpaca went into premature labor, leaving her newborn baby Jersey weak, exhausted, and barely able to move. At just three days ...

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MBERA, Mauritania (AP) — The men move in rhythm, swaying in line and beating the ground with spindly tree branches as the sun sets over the barren and hostile Mauritanian desert. The crack of the wood ...

The Minderoo Foundation has set what even itself is claiming to be an audacious goal: Helping Australia extinguish bushfires within one hour by 2025. For that to happen, Lee Goddard, who was appointed ...

Research Leader in Respiratory cellular and molecular biology at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney It’s summer in a pandemic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the city from Green Point in Brighton ahead of a severe day of weather for Melbourne which threatens to reach a top of ...