Endangered greater gliders adapt quickly to nest boxes after Black SummerA new study has offered a glimpse of hope for researchers battling to conserve the endangered southern greater glider.In the wake of the bushfires The Australian National University, Greening Australia, and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia teamed up to place more than 200 high-tech thermally appropriate nesting boxes at Glenboc, in Victoria's East Gippsland, and inside the Tallaganda National Park near Braidwood in NSW.The boxes utilise insulation, air gaps, and heat-reflective, fire-resistant non-toxic coatings, in order to keep the animals and at the optimal temperature, and best imitate the hollow of a tree.Research Fellow at the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society Kara Youngentob said the species was the largest gliding marsupial at risk of extinction, and the recent findings were a positive step forward in understanding how many were left in the wild."Much to our delight, within a few months of them going up they are already being used by gliders, so we know the individuals themselves like them and use them.""