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koala

[koh-ah-luh] / koʊˈɑ lə /


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Ewan joined him for the last stint in Yeovil and said she cannot wait to see koala bears in real life.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Those groups eventually gave rise to the koala populations now found along Australia's east coast.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Every koala alive today appears to descend from a single ancestral population that endured dramatic environmental shifts, including intense glacial periods.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Researchers from the University of Sydney and Texas A&M University led the study, which challenges earlier research suggesting that koala numbers collapsed only after humans arrived in Australia.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Remember that time we went to the zoo and you spent a whole hour staring at that special koala exhibit?

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

Fossil evidence is too limited to show precisely how many koalas lived in Australia 100,000 years ago, Mr. Kovacs said.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The work represents the first direct estimate of a mutation rate for koalas or for any member of the marsupial order Diprotodontia, which also includes wombats, kangaroos and possums.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The most effective strategy involved sterilizing about 22% of adult female koalas each year in areas with the highest population densities rather than applying the approach across the entire region.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

Those with chlamydiosis -- a major disease affecting koalas -- were at greater risk, suggesting heat stress may compound the effects of this condition.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

Every night, we’d pop one of them into the DVD player and I’d fall asleep to the sound of some guy with an English accent talking about meerkats or koalas or jellyfish.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio




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