Plantation forests are key for koalas' survival: Researchers say urgent rethink on logging is needed
A new study has shown areas of state forest in Northern New South Wales, currently zoned as hardwood eucalypt plantation and slated for logging in 2025–2026, are in fact vital koala habitat. Tuckers ...
Late last year, Lock the Gate Alliance used a thermal drone to find the endangered koalas in the Dalby State Forest, which Arrow Energy will clear as part of the ongoing Surat Gas Project. The SGP is ...
Koalas may be the pickiest marsupials around: They evolved to feed almost exclusively on the leaves of Eucalyptus trees, and they are highly selective when it comes to which species and even which ...
Koalas stay close to their mothers for their first few years of life. By around age three, males typically set out to find their own territory—a move that pays off when it comes time to find a mate.
More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction
Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...
It's a cold, drizzly night in a forest west of Melbourne. I'm sitting on a damp log, clutching a thermos of lukewarm tea and watching a koala snooze on a branch above me. Suddenly, it lifts its head.
SYDNEY—Researchers are deploying heat-seeking drones and studying the chemistry of leaves to determine how creatures like the koala can survive in a burned landscape, a new effort to understand the ...
Planning for Brisbane’s first koala underpass is about to bear fruit, with hopes the $3m project will protect the marsupials in one of their last strongholds. There is already a land bridge, or ...
A koala and her joey try to reach the last leaves on a tree. Desley Whisson The “secret culling” of 700 koalas by the Victorian government at Cape Otway in late 2013 and early 2014 made front-page ...
Meredith Stanton has an undeniable love for the forests within her local community. But with this appreciation comes concerns for the prosperity of these green spaces amid risks of deforestation. The ...
Koalas may be the pickiest marsupials around: They evolved to feed almost exclusively on the leaves of Eucalyptus trees, and they are highly selective when it comes to which species and even which ...
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