Sentences with phrase «koala populations»

A rapid decline in koala populations in Australia, due to these two major diseases, is threatening the survival of this iconic species.

This inclusive package allows you to see the 26 gorgeous bays, largest wild koala population in Australia, seasonal waterfalls and the highest number days of Sunshine per year in Australia.

In a study published earlier this year, biologists studying the calls and behavior of a wild koala population on an island off the Queensland coast found an interesting result, reported by the BBC:

Peter Timms and Ken Beagley from Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Healthand Biomedical Innovation spent years developing a vaccine for humans; when they saw a widespread chlamydia outbreak among the local koala population, the researchers turned their efforts to protecting the animals.

Granite boulders, eucalypt forests and Australia's most northern koala population are what this island, smack bang in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, is all about.

Paradise Magnetic Island is home to 26 gorgeous bays, North Australia's largest wild koala population and seasonal waterfalls, explore it all with this 3 night package.

The island's big drawcard is its koala population, living peacefully in the wild throughout the island, up in the treetops both in park areas and more inhabited parts of the island.

Victoria's koala population is mainly robust, with a unique set of conditions making Cape Otway a troubling exception, according to the website of the Victoria environmental agency:

Mainly because of development pressure, the koala populations in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory have been listed as vulnerable under federal law.

On Australia's south coast west of Melbourne, the koala population on Cape Otway — where the species was reintroduced in 1981 — outstripped the food supply (a favored koala delicacy, manna gum trees) in recent years, with hundreds of animals exhibiting signs of starvation.

Although not listed as endangered by any Australian state, the koala population has been devastated over the last hundred years and is currently under great threat due to urbanization and massive, uncontrolled habitat destruction.

In the last 10 years, koala populations have dropped by about 80 percent, according to a report by the BBC, and in 2012, the Australian government placed them on an endangered animal list.