Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus ...

Learn about the status of koalas in Sydney, where a lack of diversity leaves the animals vulnerable to disease.

The genetic switch effectively reduces the impact of the retrovirus, strengthening the immune system of the beloved but endangered marsupial, said Keith Chappell, a virologist at the University of ...

In Australia, Canines for Wildlife is training dogs like Max the English Springer Spaniel to help save endangered koalas.

It suggests the once-thriving marsupial has been ravaged by habitat loss, disease and climatic events in recent years. September is save the koala month. So as Save the Koala month approaches ...

Hanger has discovered that as much as half of Queensland’s koala population may be affected by the sexually transmitted disease chlamydiosis. In some wild koala populations more than 50 percent ...

We need to ensure ongoing connectivity between all koala populations to maintain their ... "Without diversity, endangered species risk succumbing to disease outbreaks and environmental threats." ...

“It’s difficult to comprehend the impact that it’s having,” says Natasha Speight, a koala disease researcher and veterinarian at the University of Adelaide in South Australia, whose study populations ...

New research from the University of Sydney highlights the unique dilemma faced by Sydney’s koala population.   Populations in south-western Sydney are among the very few in New South Wales still free ...

Seven months after her birth, a koala joey has emerged from her ... have ravaged the natural habitat of these creatures. Disease and fragmentation -- when habitats are separated due to natural ...