Koalas were officially declared endangered Friday in eastern Australia. This comes as the marsupials continue to fall prey to chlamydia and lose their habitats to land clearing and climate change.

Koalas suffered a massive population decline that left them with dangerously low genetic diversity. However, new genomic research suggests their rapid rebound may be helping reverse some of that ...

A vaccine used to treat chlamydia in Australia’s koala population has been approved for rollout, in a world-first project.Researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast spent more than 10 years ...

Koalas are an endangered species. This was not always the case, as the wild, adorable marsupials were once widespread across the Australian continent. However, over the last two centuries, ...