Gold Coast woman Zoe Scharenguivel was driving with her two kids in the car when she spotted the endangered marsupial on a ...

Southwestern Sydney's koalas have avoided the chlamydia outbreak threatening the entire species. But their isolation has left them extremely inbred.

A unique genetic adaptation in koalas north of the Brisbane River in Australia was offering new hope for the species' ...

Koalas are facing a shocking health crisis: widespread chlamydia infections — so are they born with the STD and how do they ...

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

Koalas infected with the retrovirus are at a higher risk of chlamydia, which has devastated populations in Queensland and New South Wales. The virus has also been linked to lymphomas that have caused ...

Sam Jones, who describes herself as an "outdoor enthusiast and hunter," made her Instagram account private on Thursday after ...

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Dr. Chappell highlighted the unique opportunity presented by the koala population. "Out of all the species on the planet, the koala is the only one where we can see a genetic response to a ...