Scientists are preserving the animals' reproductive cells in liquid nitrogen in a bid to boost genetic diversity in future ...

For Save the Koala Day, learn how conservation geneticist Rebecca Johnson’s work helps protect these iconic marsupials Jack Tamisiea Smithsonian chief scientist Rebecca Johnson snaps a selfie with one ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia want to freeze koala sex cells in liquid nitrogen, which could ...

Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA. More than 130 survey sites in Port Stephens LGA will ...

Chlamydia can bring about infertility, weakness, and blindness, as well as render koalas further vulnerable to other dangers.

Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) face a suite of interlinked threats that demand integrated conservation and habitat management responses. Habitat loss and fragmentation from urban expansion and ...

Koalas face some serious threats, and listing them as “vulnerable” is an important step to saving them. AAP This week, the Australian Government listed several koala populations as “vulnerable”, ...

Known for their fluffy ears, round faces and big black noses, koalas spend most of their time snoozing in the canopies of eucalypt forests. Their penchant for perching high up and moving very little ...

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Figures released this week suggest Australia’s koala populations have plummeted by 30% in three years, and fewer than 58,000 now remain in the wild. The statement from the Australian Koala Foundation ...