Endangered marsupial found surviving in burnt Queensland national park

One of Australia's rarest mammals, known as a "suicidal reproducer", has been found in a national park south of Gladstone, after fears the population had been wiped out by bushfires. Key points: 21 silver-headed antechinus have been discovered following bushfires in a national park The small native marsupial is known for its frenetic and deadly mating habits Climate change is also a serious risk to the population's future Scientists from the Queensland University of Technology located 21 of the endangered marsupials, the silver-headed antechinus, in Bulburin National Park, 60 kilometres south-west of Miriam Vale, during field work in May and June this year. Antechinus expert Andrew Baker said more than 3,000 hectares of Bulburin National Park's wet eucalypt forest and rainforest was burned in 2019. " Bulburin National Park where scientists located 21 silver-headed antechinus after bushfires in 2019 damaged a third of their habitat.