Koala populations in parts of Australia are being controlled to prevent them eating their main food source – manna gum trees – to extinction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263654-koalas-are-being-given-birth-control-to-fight-overpopulation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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For koalas with chlamydia, relief is finally in sight
Chlamydia has long been a serious threat to koalas, and scientists have new insights into a cure. Source: https://www.livescience.com/koalas-chlamydia-relief.html
Koalas and apes have evolved similar ways of walking in trees
On the ground, koalas run in a bounding motion with both hind legs hitting land at once. But in the trees, they move more like primates Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2227738-koalas-and-apes-have-evolved-similar-ways-of-walking-in-trees/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Giving koalas faecal transplants could help them adapt to a new diet
Faecal transplants could help koalas to change diet. The finding could be used to help the animals adapt to habitat loss Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214048-giving-koalas-faecal-transplants-could-help-them-adapt-to-a-new-diet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…