Birds, insects, animal poo: citizen science search for data to make sense of bushfire devastation

Scientists call on the public as they scramble to understand the impact of unprecedented fires across Australia

Australians are being asked to join a mass citizen science program to photograph how the nation's habitats and wildlife are responding in the wake of the unprecedented bushfire crisis.

The scale of the bushfires that have so far burned about 11m hectares across the country has ecologists and scientists in "uncharted territory" as they scramble to gather data to understand the devastation.