Gold Coast woman Zoe Scharenguivel was driving with her two kids in the car when she spotted the endangered marsupial on a ...

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus ...

Koalas infected with the retrovirus are at a higher risk of chlamydia, which has devastated populations in Queensland and New South Wales. The virus has also been linked to lymphomas that have caused ...

Straddie wildlife carer Pauly Debono said the koala had been left for dead for 24 hours in the cyclonic rain and wind before ...

While the appearance of the koala unnerved some people, ethics approval has been given to a company called Endeavour Veterinary Ecology (EVE) to use animals for scientific purposes.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been heckled by climate protesters on stage in Brisbane while delivering a major pre-budget ...

Southwestern Sydney's koalas have avoided the chlamydia outbreak threatening the entire species. But their isolation has left them extremely inbred.

The genetic switch effectively reduces the impact of the retrovirus, strengthening the immune system of the beloved but endangered marsupial, said Keith Chappell, a virologist at the University of ...

A genetic breakthrough has revealed some koalas have immunity to a deadly virus, offering hope for the species’ survival.

A conservation project is working to build a koala corridor from the Bunya Mountains to the New South Wales border, in an ...

New research into how a retrovirus is spreading across populations of wild koalas in Queensland, Australia is leading to a ...