News and Events

Conservation groups will soon be able to survey for wildlife using QUT AI; 21,000+ koala trees planted around the You Yangs VIC; Lindt partners with AKF on Koala Kiss Corridor project; New koala zone road signage at Goonengerry, northern NSW; Landowners in southern NSW urged to plant koala trees; 337 koalas rescued over four years by Queensland carer; Koala Hospital president awarded local tourism hero NSW; Northern NSW Landcare group plants trees for koalas; New koala group formed to urgently protect koalas in northern NSW; New video offers tips to make Gold Coast backyards safe for koalas
LATEST KOALA SCIENCE: Skerrett‐Byrne, D. A. et al, Proteomic analysis of koalaspermatozoa and prostatic bodies; Bhattacharyya, J. et al, Coexisting: The Role of Communications in Improving Attitudes towards Wildlife; Charalambous, R. et al Physiological Stress in Rescued Wild Koalas Being Held in a Rehabilitation Sanctuary: A Pilot Study. FEATURE PAPER: Brice KL et al 2019. The Koala faecal microbiome differs with diet in a wild population.

Bangalow Koalas’ corridor on ABC Landline; 15,000 Koala trees to be planted on Mornington Peninsula, VIC; NSW Government asked for more detail on koala plan; Koala Clancy Foundation target: 300,000 koala trees by 2030 in Little, Moorabool & Barwon River systems VIC; Public asked to contribute koala sightings on Kangaroo Island, SA; Public meeting in Tweed to discuss plight of koalas; More koala sightings in Blue Mountains; French Beauty Company supports koalas; Byron Shire Council rejected development on koala habitat, but developer takes it to appeal; Facial recognition of koalas trialled in SE Queensland; Weed removal and tree planting for koalas at Bonville Creek. LATEST KOALA SCIENCE: Marsh, K.J. et al Fundamental dietary specialisation explains differential use of resources within a koala population; Santamaria, F.et al Identification of Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Faecal Cortisol Metabolites Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and Enzyme Immunoassays; Dissanayake, R.B. et al Predicting koala distribution from incidental sighting data in South-East Queensland, Australia; Golumbic, Y. N. et al Engagement styles in an environmental citizen science project. FEATURE PAPER: Wedrowicz, F.et al. Genetic structure and diversity of the koala population in South Gippsland, Victoria: a remnant population of high conservation significance

Koala News & Science May 2021: Save Our Koalas Day of Action 5 June; 2800 koala trees planted on Raymond Island Vic; Queenslanders asked to participate in UQ survey about koalas; Koala Health and Habitat Workshop, northern NSW; New koala tourism facility progresses at Port Macquarie;Water For Wildlife launched in Lismore; Koala-suited protestors call on Forestry Corporation NSW to stop logging native forests; Greens introduce bill to support Great Koala National Park; $20,000 raised to care for koalas in Gold Coast. Latest Koala Science:Stephenson et al, Molecular Diagnosis of Koala Retrovirus (KoRV) in South Australian Koalas; Van Lange, A broader mind: concern with other humans, equality, and animals; Corcoran et al, Evaluating new technology for biodiversity monitoring: Are drone surveys biased? Feature Paper: Ellis & Bercovitch, Body size and sexual selection in the koala

KOALA NEWS & SCIENCE An informative monthly newsletter about successes & important announcements in koala conservation, and the latest scientific publications about koalas. April 2021 Subscribe here: https://mailchi.mp/808fc4af1ee0/koala-news-science Lots of...

KOALA NEWS & SCIENCE An informative monthly newsletter about successes & important announcements in koala conservation, and the latest scientific publications about koalas. March 2021 Subscribe here: https://mailchi.mp/808fc4af1ee0/koala-news-science 56,000...

KOALA NEWS & SCIENCE An informative monthly newsletter about successes & important announcements in koala conservation, and the latest scientific publications about koalas. February, 2021 Subscribe here: https://mailchi.mp/808fc4af1ee0/koala-news-science...

New 3D genetic analysis of koalas, First koala joey in Barrington Tops protected area, NSW, Saving koalas hot environmental topic of the year, Experts warn: LendLease risks losing investors over Mt Gilead NSW, NSW government commits to just 11 of 42 recommendations to protect koalas, Koala Myths busted, Koala detecting dogs on 2GB, Drones count koalas faster, new koala book supports Koala Hospital LATEST KOALA SCIENCE: Phillips Quantifying the impacts of bushfire on populations of wild koalas: Insights from the 2019/20 fire season. IN BRIEF: Fardell et al. Are physiological and behavioural responses to stressors displayed concordantly by wild urban rodents? FEATURE PAPER: Dargan (2019), The challenge for koala conservation on private land: koala habitat use varies with season on a fragmented rural landscape.

September 2020 newsletter about successes & important announcements in koala conservation, and the latest scientific publications about koalas: The week koala wars broke out in Australia, 25 million trees to be planted in Australia; Koalas amongst species to be considered for uplisting to endangered; WWF report quantifies koala decline in NSW firegrounds; New Koala hospital at Werribee VIC; Bangalow Koalas have planted 53,586 trees this year NSW; and Crowther et al: Comparison of three methods of estimating the population size of an arboreal mammal in a fragmented rural landscape; Robbins et al: Koala immunogenetics and chlamydial strain type are more directly involved in chlamydial disease progression in koalas from two south east Queensland koala populations than koala retrovirus subtypes. Markwell: Getting close to a national icon: an examination of the involvement of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in Australian tourism

August 2020 informative monthly newsletter about successes & important announcements in koala conservation, and the latest scientific publications about koalas

Positive koala news and recent scientific publications for July 2020 including finding koalas with drones, tree planting at Bathurst & Port Stephens NSW, improvement to koala conditions at Gunnedah, new video series about koalas NSW Mid Coast, WIRES support for koala research, Koala road sign competition