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US zoo brings in French koala for mating

Talk about long-distance romance: a male koala from France has arrived to mate with two females at the zoo in Cleveland. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo director Steve Taylor says the hope is that male koala Bulkee will help the facility continue [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Lowry Park Zoo gets koala, who tweets about journey

The koala who arrived here Tuesday night from San Diego is a first for Lowry Park Zoo. It's also the first opportunity for the zoo to document an animal's trip on social networking Web sites, including Twitter and Facebook. Followers are e [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Thousands of Australia's koalas felled by land-clearing

Australian koalas are dying by the thousands as a result of land clearing in the country's northeast, while millions of birds and reptiles are also perishing, conservation group WWF said Sunday. The environmental body warned that unless ur [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Changing Forests Pose Extinction Threats to Koala Groups

Australia – The ecologists say that koalas of Australia face an uncertain future as their habitats shift in view of climatic change i.e. drought A reputed ecologist at Central Queensland University Alistair Melzer, said “S [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Koala

Koala is categorized as marsupials, that is the animals that carry their young ones in a pouch, many years ago millions of such creatures were found in Australia and shooting them from the tress was a famous sport. They were easy to target [...]