Inbreeding or chlamydia? It's an impossible situation. But it's a situation that koalas are facing in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, where low levels of genetic diversity are threatening one of ...

Police officers responding to an emergency call about a possible break-in at a Melbourne home were met with an unexpected culprit – a large koala attempting to enter through the back door.

According to a new analysis in Conservation Genetics, the koalas in the southwestern suburbs of Sydney are some of the only koalas in New South Wales that are still free of chlamydia, a contagious ...