A long-running issue relating to the reliability of vegetation data is causing major tensions in North Hawks Nest. Planners, landowners and even scientists are now in dispute over the location of missing plots of feed trees in an undeveloped area of core koala habitat. QUESTIONS FOR ECO-PRO/ KHAALYD BROWN 3 concerned scientists, Graeme Wells, Anthony…read more
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Report Preview: 80% of koala habitat has been cleared for farms and houses.
Image courtesy of Mark Gerada The Koala Coast koala populations dropped by 68% in the ten years leading up to 2008. According to the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s Koala Coast Koala Population Report 2010, a comprehensive survey of the koala population showed that it dropped by more than 50% between 2005 and 2008. Koala…read more
30 sick and dead koalas in Maryborough
Group reports 30 sick and dead koalas in Maryborough Mat Nott - 6th Jan 2013 5:58 PM Almost 30 sick or dead koalas have been found on the outskirts of Maryborough in the past six weeks. Image: Blainey Woodham THE fight for koalas to survive in the modern day continued over the weekend when an activist group…read more
Hot Australian weather causes koala illness to spike
All this heat as a result of the global warming that Tony Abbott still denies is affecting the koalas in more ways than increased threat of bush fires sweeping through habitat vital for the survival of koala populations. The heat is bring on stress, (possibly due to dehydration) which increases the impact on the health of…read more
Lesbian koala sex revelation
The animal kingdom is ripe with examples of society’s sex and gender norms being challenged in a range of species. Science has a long history of imposing a human centric filter, ignoring the fluidity and diversity of animal sexuality in the natural world. It appears that koalas can be added to that list, more precisely female koalas in captivity,…read more
Koalas stripping manna gums in Cape Otway to be relocated
Koalas destroying Cape Otway manna gums Updated Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:52pm AEDT PHOTO: Dr Whisson says it would be impossible to move the koalas. (ABC News) MAP: Apollo Bay 3233 There are concerns about the destruction of native manna gums by koalas at Cape Otway. Researchers say there are as many as 18 koalas…read more
Koala crusader Deborah Tabart says no to PRC
Koala crusader Deborah Tabart says no to PRC by:Judith Maizey, Logan West Leader From:Quest Newspapers October 02, 2012 12:00AM A koala spotted in a tree on a property at Camp Cable Rd, Jimboomba Source: Quest Newspapers Koala crusader Deborah Tabart believes the State Government is wrong to propose putting a major highway through a known koala habitat in…read more
Watch YINDI The Last Koala
Every once in a while, a television program comes along that is so very special that it becomes a national talking point, an emotional tear-jerker that is reflected in winning ratings. Such a program is YINDI The Last Koala? a one hour docu-drama that follows the life of a most extraordinary koala, Yindi. Recorded over…read more
Koalas are a dying species
Koalas are a dying species Vani Naidoo | 20th September 2012 6:00 PM ‘Winston’ the koala by Samuel Cardwell YOU can hear the little fella long before you see him, a faint whimper mixes with ragged breathing in the pre-dawn chill. A green B-double thunders by, so close that the breeze it leaves in its wake…read more
AKF launches trees for koalas database
The Australian Koala Foundation have launched an impressive research project, identifying and listing trees vital for koala habitat across NSW, SA, VIC & QLD. This is a very important development for the conservation movement to ensure koalas are given the every opportunity to survive in the wild. TREES FOR KOALAS 1st Sepetember 2012 The Australian…read more
Why koalas have human fingerprints
Here’s a great article following on from an earlier post about koala fingerprints. Why Koalas Have Human Fingerprints AUG 14, 2012 2:00 PM Esther Inglis-Arkell Some accuse evolution of being pretty directionless. After all, the whole process involves random genetic mutations. But if evolution is just a toss of a million-sided die, why do so…read more
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