Australia’s wildfires are out of control, 1 billion animals are killed, and the surviving animals have to face how to survive on a scorched land . This article comes from public micro-channel number: Nature Nature Research (ID: Nature-Research) , author: Dyani Lewis, title FIG. From: Figure Worm

The worst forest fire in Australia has killed 27 people and destroyed about 2,000 houses, affecting more than 10 million hectares-more than the territory of Portugal. It is estimated that about 1 billion wild mammals, birds and reptiles have died as a result.

Michael Clarke is an ecologist at the (formerly La Trobe University) at the University of La Trobe, Australia. Since 15 years ago, After the fire engulfed his investigation site, he has been working on the impact of the fire on the native ecosystem and the restoration of the ecosystem. Clarke told Nature about how animals responded to wildfires and why they were particularly severe this season.

The picture shows a wombat in New South Wales. Those animals that died in the wild had to find food hard. And refuge. Source: Wolter Peeters / The Sydne