Hairy future for Australia's beloved koala
A sweet, sickly smell filled the air as Sherwood Robyn, a 12-year-old koala, was brought into a small examination room at Australia's first hospital for the furry marsupials.
A sweet, sickly smell filled the air as Sherwood Robyn, a 12-year-old koala, was brought into a small examination room at Australia's first hospital for the furry marsupials.
Ecology
Jun 6, 2016
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A koala has been seen crossing the Great Western Highway near Wentworth Falls, the first record of koalas in the upper Blue Mountains since the 1940s.
Ecology
Dec 9, 2013
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Australia's wildlife was hit hard by the 2019-20 Black Summer megafires.
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New South Wales.
Ecology
May 9, 2023
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Last summer's catastrophic bushfires burnt about one quarter of New South Wales' best koala habitat. On the state's mid-north coast, an estimated 30% of koalas were killed.
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2020
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The first genetic study to compare nuclear DNA of endangered Antillean manatees in Belize with Florida manatees confirmed their designation as separate subspecies. Belize's manatees, however, were found to have extremely ...
Ecology
Sep 13, 2010
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University of Queensland research into the chilled storage of koala semen has major implications for the assisted breeding and genetic diversity of captive and wild populations.
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2016
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QUT researchers have published an improved and innovative method for estimating the number of koalas in an area detected by using drones and an artificial intelligent algorithm as they continue the quest of identifying surviving ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2020
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Local councils are testing a new tool for protecting their vulnerable koala populations – drones equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and backed by powerful statistical analysis.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2016
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Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA.
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2023
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