- Entire species may have been wiped out by Australia inferno, conservationists say | Kangaroo Island, located off the country’s southern coast, is known as Australia’s answer to the Galapagos Islands – but what remains has been described as a “scorched wasteland” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-wildfires-dunnarts-wildlife-cockatoo-animal-deaths-kangaroo-island-a9270966.html?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_source=reddit.com 5 comments worldnews