Human population growth has had an increasingly ... Narayan said. “The koalas carry the voice of Australia’s environment,” he said, adding that their decline alludes to a larger crisis ...

Koala populations have stabilized in forests outside cities, but not in urban and semi-rural areas due to “human activity and ... when called to hold a torch, carry a net, or “tree-sit ...

But now the trees are thinning, sky visible through leaves that should carry essential moisture for koalas. When gum trees start to drop leaves, that’s when it becomes serious. For our resident ...

“Unfortunately, the places where koala bears thrive are also the best spots for human beings ... But we don’t have enough public subsidies to carry out long-term research.” ...

In other words, wild animals including the koala can adapt to co-exist with human populations ... This means ensuring they can carry out, without undue pressures, the biological and physiological ...

For example, in April 2024, a post from the X account @Fact said, "Koala fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from a human's and on occasion have been confused at a crime scene." That same ...

On rare occasions, koalas tolerate or even seek out human company. They come down from ... but our infancy betrays our origins. We carry our young like tree-dwellers. Newborn babies grip fingers ...

“The truth is not a happy story.” Despite what koalas suffer as a consequence of human activity, and sometimes outright cruelty, the Victorian government does not consider the species to be ...

You could give one a hug — experts suggest that they prefer it if you don’t — but you wouldn’t want to carry it around all day. Now imagine that same koala, or one quite like it ...