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Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse?

Exclusive: The impact on businesses was widespread, even in areas relatively unaffected by the disaster, study finds

The Guardian - AU

Where to travel in 2024: 4 vacation destinations for the new year

From the butterscotch beaches of Normandy to the white sands of a Thai island, these four vacation locales offer scenic beauty with a rich story.

Fortune

Australia’s Kangaroo Island named No 2 must-visit region for 2024 by Lonely Planet

Karta Pintingga was picked for its ‘amazing beaches’, food, wine, wildlife and outdoor adventures

The Guardian - AU

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Breakthrough in mystery of 40-year-old set of bones

Police believe a mystery set of bones found 40 years ago on Kangaroo Island belonged to a man who went missing from NSW in the late 1970s.

AAP

The animal that senses electric fields, tolerates snow, and has ‘mating trains’

Here are four things that make echidnas remarkable

The Hindu

They sense electric fields, tolerate snow and have 'mating trains': 4 reasons echidnas really are remarkable

Many of us love seeing an echidna. Their shuffling walk, inquisitive gaze and protective spines are unmistakable, coupled with the coarse hair and stubby beak.

The Conversation

Endangered glossy black cockatoo being lured to South Australian mainland with 20,000 trees

Conservationists hope to tempt the subspecies from Kangaroo Island by planting drooping sheoaks and eucalypts

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The 6 best Australia holidays to do in your lifetime, from the Kimberley to Kangaroo Island

Australia offers a wealth of options for true bucket-list adventures, from safari-style camps on the sand to trips into the Outback

The Independent UK

Ant colony can ‘play dead’ to stay safe against predators

A species of ants found on South Australia's Kangaroo Island can "play dead" to avoid potential danger, university researchers believe.

The New Daily

AI cameras reveal the survival stories of Australian animals after bushfires

Researchers were particularly excited by the discovery of dunnarts on Kangaroo Island, where fires ravaged up to 90% of their habitat

The Guardian - AU

Kangaroo Island mayor says tourism trifecta wins in three months come at a cost

Australia's third-largest island is gaining in popularity worldwide for its rugged natural beauty, as international mastheads name it in their "places to see" lists.

ABC News

Ceramicist makes 1,000 razorfish shells to revive native angasi oysters off Kangaroo Island

One thousand ceramic razorfish shells have been buried in the seabed of waters off South Australia's Kangaroo Island to help encourage a threatened native flat oyster species to rejuvenate.

ABC News

Birthing services return to Kangaroo Island after hiatus due to staff shortages

A new service model means new mothers will no longer have to leave Kangaroo Island to give birth.

ABC News

Gong goes to Kangaroo Island as Stokes Bay judged the best beach by Tourism Australia

South Australia's Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island's north coast is not the easiest beach to access, but locals say the effort is more than worth it, a sentiment endorsed by organisers of Tourism Australia's Best Australian Beach.

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Citizen science project hopes to boost tourism on Kangaroo Island while tracking bushfire recovery

Adelaide researchers are enlisting the help of visitors to Kangaroo Island to see how the island is recovering from devastating bushfires.

The New Daily

New travel experiences in our own backyard

The beauty of Australia is beckoning many holidaymakers to explore within their own shores.Domestic tourism has spiked since 2021 and travel trends point to further increases in 2023.Holidays in our own backyard are increasingly popular thanks to the sheer size of Australia, its diversity of landscapes and wildlife, and the…

The Conversation

Wildfires often lead to dust storms – and they’re getting bigger

Wildfires affect large areas of the Earth’s surface and many of their effects occur at an alarming speed. The fires that consumed half of Australia’s Kangaroo Island in 2019 left a trail of animal corpses in their wake. In 2021, wildfires burned over 2.5 million acres of land in California.

ABC News

Thousands still without power after wild winds hit parts of SA yesterday

Emergency services are still responding to calls for assistance across metropolitan Adelaide after yesterday's damaging winds.

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Native seed garden a lifeline for Kangaroo Island's endangered flora

A 5,000m2 garden will be a seed bank for threatened plant species on the fire-devastated Kangaroo Island and will be a lifeline for endangered South Australian flora.

ABC News

Bird watcher spots first glossy black cockatoo on SA mainland in decades

When Julie Thompson went for an evening stroll during a recent family trip to Deep Creek, she had no inkling she was about to make a remarkable discovery.

AAP

Kangaroo Island emerges from the ashes

The South Australian government has begun work on rebuilding key tourism infrastructure on Kangaroo Island, destroyed in the 2020 bushfires.

ABC News

Kangaroo Island wildlife sanctuary rebounds from bushfires to create citizen science ocean tours

A new style of tourism encourages people to involve themselves in research and conservation while visiting locations, rather than just taking in the sights.

ABC News

Kangaroo Island joey retrieved in 'one in a million' rescue thanks to bad phone reception

Mobile phones can be crucial during emergencies, but it was only because of a black spot that this joey was able to see daylight again, after getting stuck in an old underground water tank.

The Independent UK

Critically endangered tiny marsupial that survived wildfires now facing extinction threat from feral cats

‘There are only around 500 Kangaroo Island dunnarts left in the wild’

The Conversation

This critically endangered marsupial survived a bushfire – then along came the feral cats

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 pushed a host of threatened species closer to extinction, including the critically endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart. And as our research released today shows, feral cats posed a second lethal threat to the species in the weeks after the disaster.

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