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Watch: Eastern Australian koalas declared endangered

February 18, 2022

The Australian government has declared that koalas in eastern Australia are endangered due to disease, habitat loss and other threats. The change in status applies to koalas along the country’s east coast, in Queensland, New …

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For species on the brink, biologists take a stab at vaccines

September 30, 2021

Vaccines have been getting a lot of attention recently as scientists work to protect people from COVID-19. The use of vaccines for animals in the wild has been rare, but that’s starting to change. Increasingly, …

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Australia’s wildfires had a devastating toll

March 10, 2021

A year after Australia’s devastating 2019-2020 wildlife season ended, biologists are getting a grim picture of the impact on wildlife. Scientists say more than 500 species of plants and animals may be endangered or extinct …

Lindsay Martinez

JWM: Tree plantations provide koala habitat — for now

June 24, 2020

Tree plantations could provide suitable temporary habitat for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in southwestern Australia, since the animals move around plantation-dominated landscape the same way as they would in other spaces. “There’s definitely massive value for …

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Watch: Can virtual reality help protect habitats?

December 27, 2019

Can virtual reality help researchers better protect wildlife habitats? Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology combined VR with aerial thermal imaging and ground surveys to build a statistical model to predict where koalas would …

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Heat-sensing drones spot koalas through the leaves

March 8, 2019

Some species can be notoriously difficult to spot, especially if they occupy forests with dense canopies. To detect koala populations through the cover of eucalyptus trees, researchers with the Queensland University of Technology developed a …

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Dana Kobilinsky

How Researchers Use Nose Patterns to Identify Koalas

March 25, 2015

When it comes to identifying individual koalas, the nose knows. According to Peggy Shaw-McBee, assistant professor at Kansas State University and long-standing TWS member, a technique called nose pigmentation patterns is a good alternative to catching …

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