Officials have dropped over 2,000 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of sweet potatoes and carrots across different colonies in the last week, Kean said. "Initial fire assessments indicate the habitat of several important brush-tailed rock-wallaby populations was burnt in the recent bushfires. "This is the most widespread food drop we have ever done for brush-tailed rock-wallabies," Kean said. The brush-tailed rock-wallabies are marsupials -- like kangaroos -- who "live on rocky escarpments, granite outcrops and cliffs," according to Australia's Department of Environment and Energy website . Of the 15 species in Australia, most have disappeared and are now considered threatened, the website says.

Source: CNN January 13, 2020 00:15 UTC