koala
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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
The new analysis suggests that a major koala population decline began around 100,000 years ago.
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
Researchers then applied the newly measured rate to 457 koala genomes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
I filled it with your favorite things: Cuddly the koala and your old, ripped script from My Fair Lady.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
"Genomic analyses show that koalas have experienced major population declines in the past due to climate change and habitat loss. When environmental conditions improved, their populations recovered and expanded across much of eastern Australia."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
This allowed them to calculate a precise mutation rate for koalas, which was about half the rate found in humans.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
"He's leaving very big boots to fill, but now it's time to find his successor to follow in his pawprints and keep protecting koalas."
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Even among herbivores and omnivores, many species, like koalas, are too finicky in their plant preferences to recommend themselves as farm animals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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