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To save koalas from fire, we need to start putting their genetic material on ice

  • Written by Ryan R. Witt, Conjoint Lecturer | Conservation Biology Research Group, University of Newcastle
Over the coming months, koalas will depend on wildlife hospitals to recover from the effects of unprecedented bushfires. Lachlan G. Howell , Author provided

Thousands of koalas may have died in fires burning through New South Wales but expert evidence to a state parliamentary inquiry on Monday said we are unlikely to ever know the real numbers.

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