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Critically endangered bettongs survive fires, floods to double population in NSW

A program re-introducing brush-tailed bettongs to a conservation area in the Pilliga State Forest shows promise, after an east-coast extinction lasting more than 100 years.
A close up of a small, hairy, brown brush tail bettong with a darker fluffy tail in dry grass.

Published: Source: ABC New EnglandTopic: Endangered and Protected Speciesby Peter Sanders and Kristy Reading

'Hairy panic' tumbleweed blocking roads and choking farms in 'depressing' spread

Huge piles of tumbleweeds are surrounding houses, frustrating farmers and heightening fire risk in rural areas. But academics say very little can be done to wipe them out.
A large pile of yellow tumbleweed covering a country road.
Duration: 14 seconds

Published: Source: ABC RiverinaTopic: Weedsby Monty Jacka and Simon Wallace

The tiny bats loved by farmers because they eat their body weight in insects

Insectivorous bats are tiny, quiet and worth about $63 million to the cotton industry. A study of the creatures, some of which are under threat, has been expanded in NSW.
A gloved hand holds a tiny, cowering bat.

Published: Source: ABC Western PlainsTopic: Research Projectsby Zaarkacha Marlan

As bushfires encroach on towns, cultural burning aims to give residents a clear path out of danger

Residents on NSW's South Coast felt trapped with nowhere to flee to but the beach during the Black Summer bushfires, but the state government is trialling a possible solution.
A highway runs through a burnt out forest

Published: Source: ABC South East NSWTopic: Bushfiresby James Tugwell

Fastest-growing black hole that consumes mass of 'the Sun and all the planets combined' every day found

Australian National University researchers discover a black hole whose mass is roughly 17 billion times that of our Sun, and exists within the brightest currently known thing being continually powered in the universe.
An artist rendering of a black hole inside a mass of fiery red and orange material.
Duration: 18 seconds

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Blackholesby Charlotte Gore

'In the best place possible': Bedside vigil for girl critically injured in crash that killed sister on Taylor Swift trip

A girl seriously injured in a car crash that resulted in the death of her sister in a family road trip to a Taylor Swift concert is in a critical but stable condition, her godmother says.
Two sisters hug and smile for the camera.

Published: Source: ABC Gold CoastTopic: Road Accidents and Incidentsby Mark Rigby and Jessica Lamb

Living five hours from the coast hasn't stopped Sam chasing her dream of ocean swimming

Living in western NSW leaves Sam Thompson with few opportunities to train for open water swimming, but she's not letting that get in the way of her goals.
sam thompson competing

Published: Source: ABC Central WestTopic: Swimmingby Lauren Bohane

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