https://www.livescience.com/62517-how-koalas-get-chlamydia.html
Chlamydia-infected koalas made the news on Sunday (May 6) when the show's host, John Oliver, mentioned the dedication of a new koala ward at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, called the John

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174940150/in-australia-scientists-begin-vaccinating-koalas-against-chlamydia
Mark Baker/AP. Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New South Wales. The aim is to test a method for protecting the beloved

https://apnews.com/article/koala-chlamydia-vaccinations-australia-f0a3e0a7d465dfa5ae0005f414bf6c29
A new vaccine effort is trying to save them. A koala sits in a tree at a koala park in Sydney, Australia, Friday, May 5, 2023. Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in a pioneering field trial in New South Wales. The aim is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a widespread disease

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/06/australia/australia-koala-chlamydia-intl-dst-hnk/index.html
In 2008, there was a "very, very low chlamydial prevalence" - about 10% - in the koala population in Gunnedah, a rural town in northeast New South Wales, according to Mark Krockenberger, a

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-begin-vaccinating-wild-koalas-against-chlamydia-180982151/
May 9, 2023. Vaccinations of wild koalas began in March this year. For now, scientists hope to inoculate 50 individuals. Martin Harvey via Getty Images. Scientists in Australia have begun

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-say-culling-koalas-may-save-them-chlamydia-180958131/
Now, some researchers say the koala's best hope of survival might be a controversial one: controlled culling. In humans, chlamydia is a relatively common sexually-transmitted infection that, if

https://www.popsci.com/environment/wild-koalas-vaccinate-chlamydia-australia/
Scientists in Australia have just begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia. This field trial in the state of New South Wales is an effort to protect one of Australia's most beloved

https://www.newsweek.com/chlamydia-koalas-scientists-population-world-1447161
Chlamydia in koalas can lead to blindness, infertility and death. The disease is an important factor in the population declines that the species is experiencing.

https://www.newsweek.com/chlamydia-koalas-australia-endangered-vaccine-1801400
The Battle to Fight Chlamydia in Koalas. Published May 19, 2023 at 6:54 AM EDT Updated May 19, 2023 at 7:14 AM EDT. By Jess Thomson. Science Reporter. Australia's koalas are being threatened by

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/australia-begins-vaccinating-hundreds-of-koalas-against-chlamydia-in-trial-180978900/
Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images. On October 15, the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital began a Phase 3 trial to vaccinate koalas against chlamydia, according to a statement by the University of the

https://www.livescience.com/koalas-chlamydia-relief.html
Left untreated, chlamydia can cause infertility and permanent blindness in both species. Antibiotics that treat chlamydia in humans also work for koalas, but their success rate varies.

https://theconversation.com/koalas-need-their-booster-shots-too-heres-a-way-to-beat-chlamydia-with-just-1-capture-and-less-trauma-211610
Two years into the five-year trial, we have seen more than 25 joeys born to vaccinated females. The program involved vaccinating, collaring and releasing 10-20% of young animals each year. All

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-critical-vaccine-koalas.html
USC is leading a Phase 3 rollout of a koala chlamydia vaccine that has been developed collaboratively over many years with many partners, including the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital where the

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/animals-disease-health-koalas-australia
Chlamydia, a type of sexually transmitted disease also found in humans, has hit wild koalas hard, with some wild populations seeing a 100 percent infection rate. The infectious bacteria usually

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/koalas-101/
Koalas 101. Koalas are not bears—they're marsupials. Learn about koalas' unique traits, including six opposable "thumbs," downward-facing pouches, and an ability to sleep nearly all day in tree branches.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/koala-fact-sheet/
On average, koalas are 2 to 3 feet in height. Southern koalas are typically larger than northern koalas. Northern koalas weigh 9 to 19 pounds and southern koalas weigh 15 to 29 pounds. Males weigh

https://www.britannica.com/animal/koala
koala, (Phascolarctos cinereus), tree-dwelling marsupial of coastal eastern and southern Australia classified in the family Phascolarctidae (suborder Vombatiformes). Due to the animal's superficial resemblance to a small bear, the koala is sometimes referred to, albeit erroneously, as the koala bear.. The koala is about 60 to 85 cm (24 to 33 inches) long and weighs up to 14 kg (31 pounds) in

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59114/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-koalas
2. Koalas exhibit same-sex mating behavior. In captivity, sexual encounters among koalas have been known to involve up to five females. They last twice as long as female-male encounters. 3. Up to

https://now.tufts.edu/2020/08/25/helping-endangered-koalas-and-potentially-human-health-too
As in humans, chlamydia in koalas is spread via sex, as well as from mothers their newborns. The infection can cause severe inflammation in the eyes, genital tract, and reproductive organs. If chlamydia goes untreated for too long, it can lead to permanent blindness and infertility in both humans and koalas.

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https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/koala
Koalas are marsupials, related to kangaroos. Most marsupials have pouches where the tiny newborns develop. A koala mother usually gives birth to one joey at a time. A newborn koala is only the size of a jelly bean. Called a joey, the baby is blind, naked, and earless. As soon as it's born, this tiny creature makes its way from the birth canal

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/koala
The koala is an iconic Australian animal. Often called the koala "bear," this tree-climbing animal is a marsupial—a mammal with a pouch for the development of offspring. Though koalas look

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/koala/
The Koala is solitary and the larger males have scent glands on their chest. Breeding occurs during summer and usually one baby, or joey, is produced each year. After six months in the pouch, the joey is gradually weaned from milk, to leaves and soft liquid faeces, called pap, from the mother. This is thought to provide the right bacteria