Posts Tagged ‘Phascolarctos cinereus’

Stressed Out: Stress-Related Chlamydia Killing Koalas

Koala

Australia’s iconic koalas are in trouble.  Researchers are warning that koalas are alarmingly declining due to disease aggravated by stress!

Koalas Threatened with AIDS-like Epidemic: Extinction Looms

Koala image for article about koala retrovirus, AIDS epidemic threatening extinction

Wildlife experts fear that the spread of an AIDS-like virus could force already threatened koalas into extinction.

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) populations are in serious decline - victims of habitat loss, domestic dog predation, vehicular deaths, and bushfires.

Sadly, a new and deadly danger is facing the iconic koala: The koala retrovirus.

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