koala
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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
Those groups eventually gave rise to the koala populations now found along Australia's east coast.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 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
Buc-ee’s also sued Georgia-based Teddy’s Market this year over its koala bear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
They lay down in the back verandah on a grass mat with an inflatable goose and a Qantas koala bear.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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By examining how koalas responded to earlier population crashes and recoveries, scientists may be able to develop better conservation strategies for protecting the species today.
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
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
On hotter days, koalas regulate body temperature by hugging trees to dissipate heat or seeking out denser foliage and lower trees away from direct sunlight.
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
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