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Koalas going…going… One of the world’s most adored animals is now officially in peril on our rapidly changing, human-oriented planet. What’s causing their demise? No great surprise. Us. As their forests fall to development in their native ...

The koala is under serious threat, according to a new report by an Australian Parliamentary inquiry into the status of the iconic animal’s population. Following a lengthy investigation, the official report released a few days ago paints a bleak ...