But when the Black Saturday fires killed 173, his family and home survived while his neighbours died - so LIAM SHEAHAN asks, why can't we control our own homes?

Arthur Chrenkoff - spectator.com.au - 4 January 2020According to my calculations and estimates, the number of individuals around Australia whose arson has contributed to the current bushfire crisis has now passed 200.

January 6, 2020 - New Secretary of State for Forests and Land Affairs in the Ministry of Agriculture

Studying the historical data stored in centuries-old trees is a burgeoning field, with labs around the world learning more about historical patterns of weather and climate and the effects on humans.

December 30, 2019 - This year, sporadic outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu in domestic and wild birds have occurred in several European countries.

Bill Kaufmann - December 27, 2019 - calgaryherald.comThe prairie provinces are doing far too little to combat the destructive menace of wild boars, says a scientist who’s studied them for a decade.

Controlled Burn Participants Pictured Above:Back row (from left) Amanda Lindsay - University of Central Florida, Grace Howell - Alachua County Land Trust, Brooke Coulter - Bok Tower Gardens, Chelsea MacKenzie - TNC, Anne Reynolds - Florida Park Service Lake Kissimmee State Park, Jana Mott (Burn Boss) - TNC, Carrie Black - Palm Beach County, Ashley Orlando - Florida Park Service Dunn Creek State Park, Sarah Martin - TNC, Amy Pulley - Florida Forest Service.Front Row (from left) Landon Simpson - The Student Conservation Association/TNC, Char’Rese Finney - TNC, Elysia Dytrych - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Cody-Marie Miller -

    Budapest, December 27, 2019 - The organization of the "One with Nature" World Hunting and Nature Exhibition to be opened in Budapest in 2021 - informed the government commissioner responsible for the event on Friday in Kápolnásnyék.