Environmentalists welcomed the koalas' new status but condemned Australia's failure to protect the species. "Koalas have gone from no-listing to vulnerable to endangered within a decade," said Stuart Blanch, a conservation scientist w...
Young Koalas are more vulnerable however and are preyed on by several different animals including snakes, but both are most threatened by domestic animals, particularly dogs, that not only attack Koalas but are also known to spread disease into local populations. This is one of the biggest ...
Koalas present a complex conservation conundrum: in the north, causes of decline include ongoing habitat fragmentation, urbanization and disease. However, decline in the south has followed a different path10, with widespread, often sequential, translocations (1920–1990s) from a limited founder ...
Koalas have a lifespan of 10 years or more in the wild, while in captivity they live more than 17 years. Their lifespan primarily depends on the level of stress, human interference, habitat degradation, and disease. Conservation Status ...
The koala, the only extant species of the marsupial family Phascolarctidae, is classified as 'vulnerable' due to habitat loss and widespread disease. We sequenced the koala genome, producing a complete and contiguous marsupial reference genome, including centromeres. We reveal that the koala's ab...
The species is of scientific interest because of its unique biological adaptations, evolutionary distinctiveness as well as growing concern about its conservation and the impacts of disease on the health of individuals and populations [1]. Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies such as whole ...
Rationale for the listing includes proposed declines in population size, threats to populations (e.g. disease) and loss and fragmentation of habitat. There is now an urgent need to obtain accurate data to assess the status of koala populations in Australia, to ensure the long-term viability of...
When they enter or leave a tree, koalas commonly dribble a stream of urine down the trunk, leaving a trail of chemicals that potentially reveal information about the koala's sex, identity, dominance, relatedness to other koalas, readiness to mate, disease status and even what they've been ...
The species is of scientific interest because of its unique biological adaptations, evolutionary distinctiveness as well as growing concern about its conservation and the impacts of disease on the health of individuals and populations [1]. Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies such as whole ...
Koalas present a complex conservation conundrum: in the north, causes of decline include ongoing habitat fragmentation, urbanization and disease. However, decline in the south has followed a different path10, with widespread, often sequential, translocations (1920–1990s) from a limited founder ...