koala
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A major genomic analysis is changing scientists' understanding of koala evolution.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Earlier studies had concluded that koala populations declined after modern humans arrived in Australia about 65,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Every koala alive today appears to descend from a single ancestral population that endured dramatic environmental shifts, including intense glacial periods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The new analysis suggests that a major koala population decline began around 100,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Qantas koala they took for their children.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
The work represents the first direct estimate of a mutation rate for koalas or for any member of the marsupial order Diprotodontia, which also includes wombats, kangaroos and possums.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
This allowed them to calculate a precise mutation rate for koalas, which was about half the rate found in humans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The most effective strategy involved sterilizing about 22% of adult female koalas each year in areas with the highest population densities rather than applying the approach across the entire region.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
A largely sedentary and inflexible creature, dependent on eucalyptus leaves for much of their water, koalas quickly develop dehydration when hotter conditions persist.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
To remember Captain James Cook, who sailed to Australia, we just needed to remember him as the cook in a restaurant that catered exclusively to koalas and kangaroos.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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