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New Port Stephens koala study reveals some populations becoming genetically isolated
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-22/how-detection-dogs-and-koala-droppings-are-proving-essential-in/13176710https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-22/how-detection-dogs-and-koala-droppings-are-proving-essential-in/13176710
Why do we love koalas so much? Because they look like baby humans
https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-love-koalas-so-much-because-they-look-like-baby-humans-153619https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-love-koalas-so-much-because-they-look-like-baby-humans-153619
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-56107871
Koalas are ‘at risk of extinction’ in many parts of Australia, but we can stop it
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-02-17/koalas-on-way-to-extinction-parts-australia-how-to-avoid-it/13141628https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-02-17/koalas-on-way-to-extinction-parts-australia-how-to-avoid-it/13141628
Koala Rescued After Causing 5-Car Pileup On Australian Freeway
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/koala-causes-crash-australian-freeway_n_6022b550c5b6d78d444a3b5ahttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/koala-causes-crash-australian-freeway_n_6022b550c5b6d78d444a3b5a
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FUND KOALA CONSERVATION EFFORTS
https://www.ausleisure.com.au/news/queensland-government-continues-to-fund-koala-conservation-efforts/https://www.ausleisure.com.au/news/queensland-government-continues-to-fund-koala-conservation-efforts/
https://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/are-we-killing-our-koalas/13161298
Possible link between sick koalas and Portland Aluminium emissions under microscope
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-15/portland-aluminium-smelter-fluoride-impacts-on-koalas/13144624https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-15/portland-aluminium-smelter-fluoride-impacts-on-koalas/13144624
Portland smelter operator Alcoa denies koala had severe burns when removed from grounds
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-10/koala-found-injured-near-portland-smelter/13139384https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-10/koala-found-injured-near-portland-smelter/13139384
Koala stiles to give our furry friends safer passage across Oxley Highway are being built by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
https://www.camdencourier.com.au/story/7129285/council-takes-another-step-in-the-fight-to-save-our-cuddly-koalas/https://www.camdencourier.com.au/story/7129285/council-takes-another-step-in-the-fight-to-save-our-cuddly-koalas/
GUNNEDAH KOALA SANCTUARY ONE STEP CLOSER TO FRUITION
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/02/19/gunnedah-koala-sanctuary-one-step-closer-to-fruition/https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/02/19/gunnedah-koala-sanctuary-one-step-closer-to-fruition/
Great Koala National Park would create thousands of jobs, study finds, but at what cost?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-02/great-koala-national-park-could-benefit-nsw-research-finds/13110374https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-02/great-koala-national-park-could-benefit-nsw-research-finds/13110374
Researchers call on Port Stephens residents to report koala sightings
https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/7129341/researchers-call-on-residents-to-report-koala-sightings/https://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/7129341/researchers-call-on-residents-to-report-koala-sightings/
Recycle and help rehabilitate region’s koala population
https://www.portnews.com.au/story/7133148/recycle-and-help-rehabilitate-regions-koala-population/https://www.portnews.com.au/story/7133148/recycle-and-help-rehabilitate-regions-koala-population/
Kangaroo Island Koala Rescue Centre success after tragedy
https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/7115025/kangaroo-island-koala-rescue-centre-success-after-tragedy/https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/7115025/kangaroo-island-koala-rescue-centre-success-after-tragedy/
Koala teeth map history: Adelaide’s past as told by koala teeth.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/toothy-koala-map/https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/toothy-koala-map/
‘How good were koalas?’: A national treasure in peril
https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-good-were-koalas-a-national-treasure-in-peril-20201203-p56kac.htmlhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/how-good-were-koalas-a-national-treasure-in-peril-20201203-p56kac.html
Adorable moment koala called ‘Burnadette’ is released into the wild with her family after being rescued from a raging bushfire
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9272411/South-Australia-bushfire-Adorable-moment-koalas-released-wild.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9272411/South-Australia-bushfire-Adorable-moment-koalas-released-wild.html
LISMORE KOALA RECEIVES WORLD-FIRST PROSTHETIC FOOT
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/02/16/lismore-koala-receives-world-first-prosthetic-foot/https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/02/16/lismore-koala-receives-world-first-prosthetic-foot/
Koala habitat destroyed in Redlands after 100-year-old gumtrees bulldozed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-29/koala-habitat-decreases-in-redlands-bulldozed-land-qld/13099846https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-29/koala-habitat-decreases-in-redlands-bulldozed-land-qld/13099846
Net zero, saving koalas and forest wars: the crucial environment battles looming in Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/25/net-zero-saving-koalas-and-forest-wars-the-crucial-environment-battles-looming-in-australiahttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/25/net-zero-saving-koalas-and-forest-wars-the-crucial-environment-battles-looming-in-australia
A new 3D koala genome will aid efforts to defend the threatened species
https://theconversation.com/a-new-3d-koala-genome-will-aid-efforts-to-defend-the-threatened-species-153873https://theconversation.com/a-new-3d-koala-genome-will-aid-efforts-to-defend-the-threatened-species-153873
Drones count koalas faster and cheaper than manual spotting methods: study
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-10/black-summer-fires-koalas-drones-monitoring-population/13035820https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-10/black-summer-fires-koalas-drones-monitoring-population/13035820
Genetic analysis helps protect koalas
https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2021/january/genetic-analysis-helps-protect-koalashttps://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2021/january/genetic-analysis-helps-protect-koalas
FIRST WILD KOALA JOEY BORN AT AUSSIE ARK
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/01/29/first-wild-koala-joey-born-at-aussie-ark/https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/01/29/first-wild-koala-joey-born-at-aussie-ark/
‘Koala karaoke’ program uses audio recordings, citizen scientists to monitor endangered marsupial
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-23/koala-karaoke-planned-for-mid-north-coast/13081612https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-23/koala-karaoke-planned-for-mid-north-coast/13081612
How Australia’s wildlife is recovering a year after fires
https://www.qt.com.au/news/australian-koalas-after-the-bushfires/4188023/https://www.qt.com.au/news/australian-koalas-after-the-bushfires/4188023/
DETECTION DOGS HELP TRACK KOALAS NEAR PORT MACQUARIE
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/01/21/detection-dogs-help-track-koalas-near-port-macquarie/https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/01/21/detection-dogs-help-track-koalas-near-port-macquarie/
‘Alarmingly relaxed’: Government slammed for koala inquiry response
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/alarmingly-relaxed-government-slammed-for-koala-inquiry-response-20210111-p56t9b.htmlhttps://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/alarmingly-relaxed-government-slammed-for-koala-inquiry-response-20210111-p56t9b.html
Port Stephens’ new koala hospital kept busy with furry patients – and a reptile
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/7095756/patients-of-the-port-stephens-koala-hospital/https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/7095756/patients-of-the-port-stephens-koala-hospital/