SYDNEY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Uncontrolled fires burned through bushland in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday, forcing communities to evacuate and authorities to warn of a "catastrophic" fire ...

Adelaide University and Kangaroo Island Research Station researchers have developed a simple, low-cost way to help wildlife ...

Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country's southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...

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. But sometimes the relationship flips: ...

Long-term exposure to bushfire smoke may increase the risk of hospitalisation for heart disease in older people, according to a study that adds to growing evidence of the health costs of a warming ...

Brian Oliver receives funding from the NH&MRC and the ARC. He is affiliated with Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and the European Respiratory Society. The distinctive smell of smoke in ...