On February 25, 2020, three baboons were being transported to a research hospital in Sydney when they escaped. A man reporting a sighting said, “I’m dead set serious. They even have shiny red bottoms.” The baboons were captured about an hour later. They apparently escaped due to a faulty lock.…

Destructive bushfires marred the Australian summer of 2019. As of December, more than 100 fires blazed in New South Wales. Drought conditions and strong winds allowed for the quick spread of flames. Fires even reached the suburbs of Sydney. While flames were stopped from advancing further, smoke from fires blanketed…