Scientists estimate more than three billion native animals were killed or displaced during Australia's Black Summer bushfire season. Many species the koala, regent honeyeater, glossy black-cockatoo, platypus are inching towards extinction at the hands of mega-blazes and the changing climate behind them.

In Flames of Extinction, award-winning science writer John Pickrell investigates the effects of the 20192020 bushfires on Australian wildlife and ecosystems. Journeying across the firegrounds, Pickrell explores the stories of creatures that escaped the flames, the wildlife workers who rescued them, and the conservationists, land managers, Aboriginal rangers, ecologists and firefighters on the frontline of the climate catastrophe. He also reveals the radical new conservation methods being trialled to save as many species as possible from the very precipice of extinction.

Author: John Pickrell
ISBN: 9781742237169
Type: Paperback
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 153x234mm
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Published Date: March 2021