A wildlife hospital set up after the Black Summer bushfires faces imminent closure after the New South Wales (NSW) government reneged on a $6 million (US$4 million) funding deal struck by the previous administration. Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital chief executive Stephen Van Mil said the loss of the government funding over four years was very…

Australia’s devastating Black Summer bushfire season gave life to a bloom of phytoplankton larger than the size of Australia in the Southern Ocean, a study has found. An international team of authors found the bloom, that took place between New Zealand and South America, was unlike anything measured before in the area. The research published…