Greater glider populations pushed closer to extinction after bushfires, ongoing threat to habitat

Leah Szanto
Updated April 28 2021 - 2:34pm, first published April 27 2021 - 2:30pm
Greater gliders are known as an indicator species, pointing to the health and diversity of the forest. Photo: David Gallan
Greater gliders are known as an indicator species, pointing to the health and diversity of the forest. Photo: David Gallan

Australia's largest glider and the world's second-largest gliding mammal, the population of the greater glider has continued to decrease since the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires.

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Leah Szanto

Leah Szanto

Journalist

Regional journalist covering the Far South Coast of NSW.

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