koala

Ewan joined him for the last stint in Yeovil and said she cannot wait to see koala bears in real life.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

This gave them a more accurate way to trace how koala populations expanded, contracted and separated over thousands of years.

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

Buc-ee’s also sued Georgia-based Teddy’s Market this year over its koala bear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The Qantas koala they took for their children.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

"Genomic analyses show that koalas have experienced major population declines in the past due to climate change and habitat loss. When environmental conditions improved, their populations recovered and expanded across much of eastern Australia."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

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

Those with chlamydiosis -- a major disease affecting koalas -- were at greater risk, suggesting heat stress may compound the effects of this condition.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Even among herbivores and omnivores, many species, like koalas, are too finicky in their plant preferences to recommend themselves as farm animals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond